Broadleaved woodland near Stone
1 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.45036, 0.26258
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 55m away — 20 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 55m away — 20 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 9 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 Purfleet stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 24)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
Darent Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
St Mary's Roadpublic footpath · 349 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 349 mPath type: residential
206 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 125Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 125Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
Dartford Crossing Shuttle (North)Cycling route▾
National Cycle Network Route 137Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 137Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
7,285 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
7,285 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Coot · Blue Tit · Blackbird +39
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- TealAnas crecca
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Badger · Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Firebug · Common Rose Fusehorn · Field Grasshopper · Marmalade Hoverfly · Rutpela maculata +8
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,285 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Coot · Blue Tit · Blackbird +39
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- TealAnas crecca
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Badger · Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Firebug · Common Rose Fusehorn · Field Grasshopper · Marmalade Hoverfly · Rutpela maculata +8
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harlequin Ladybird
Harlequin Ladybird
Harmonia axyridis2025
Harmonia axyridis2025
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