Ladies Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.42537, 0.25322
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 244m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 244m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 2 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
139 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
NCN National Route 177Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
Dartford Crossing Shuttle (North)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef ShuttleRegional cycle route
NCN National Route 125Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 125Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
10,096 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,096 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Goldfinch · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +35
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
White-legged Damselfly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Common Rose Fusehorn · Field Grasshopper · Brown Hawker +6
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded Demoiselle
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,096 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Goldfinch · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +35
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
White-legged Damselfly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Common Rose Fusehorn · Field Grasshopper · Brown Hawker +6
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded Demoiselle
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Calopteryx splendens
Calopteryx splendens
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni