Old House Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.47618, 0.37426
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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £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 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Hoo Peninsula PathWalking route▾
Thames Estuary PathWalking route46.6 km▾
Named routeLength 46.6 kmNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to WoolwichWalking route76 km▾
Named routeRef ECPLength 76 kmNational walking route
111 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 177Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route76 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 76 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
Main RouteCycling route86 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 86 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,938 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,938 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Pied Wagtail · Starling · Wren · Goldfinch +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
Common Pipistrelle · Mole · Water Vole · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- BadgerMeles meles2024
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hornet Robberfly · Firebug · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Shrill Carder Bee +3
- Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum
- Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,938 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Pied Wagtail · Starling · Wren · Goldfinch +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
Common Pipistrelle · Mole · Water Vole · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- BadgerMeles meles2024
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hornet Robberfly · Firebug · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Shrill Carder Bee +3
- Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum
- Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Speckled Bush-cricket
Speckled Bush-cricket
Leptophyes punctatissima
Leptophyes punctatissima
Stag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervus