The Alders - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.42381, 0.23189
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Hawley Pavilion 10m away — 8 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Hawley Pavilion 10m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: 1066 Harold's Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 23 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Circular Walk from Darent Valley Path DWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Slade Green stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Crayford stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route▾
part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral
Named routeRegional walking route
Darent Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
129 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69Local cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 125Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 125Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
13,437 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,437 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird · House Sparrow +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug +6
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- 2-spot Ladybird
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,437 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird · House Sparrow +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug +6
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- 2-spot Ladybird
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adalia bipunctata
Adalia bipunctata
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum