The Alders - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.42354, 0.24344
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 355m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 355m away — 6 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 km9 signed routes nearby · 14 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
130 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69Local cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
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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
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Wildlife to spot
13,641 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,641 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspring
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Robin · Carrion Crow +39
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
White-legged Damselfly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Common Rose Fusehorn · Brown Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly +3
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Red-eyed Damselfly
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,641 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspring
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Robin · Carrion Crow +39
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
White-legged Damselfly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Common Rose Fusehorn · Brown Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly +3
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Red-eyed Damselfly
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Erythromma najas
Erythromma najas
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