The Alders - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.43214, 0.24577
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot
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 km10 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
146 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
Dartford Crossing Shuttle (South)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef ShuttleRegional cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Dartford Crossing Shuttle (North)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef ShuttleRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
8,683 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,683 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Canada Goose · Coot · Blue Tit +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
White-legged Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Common Rose Fusehorn · Field Grasshopper +10
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,683 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Canada Goose · Coot · Blue Tit +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
White-legged Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Common Rose Fusehorn · Field Grasshopper +10
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni