Rainbow Wood - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.49109, 0.39924
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 13Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route165 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 165 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
N/ACycling route315 m▾
Named routeLength 315 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
14,926 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,926 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Black-tailed Godwit · Pintail +41
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PochardAythya ferina
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Seal
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Spiked Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Green Shieldbug · Southern Green Shieldbug +2
- Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Liparus coronatusLiparus coronatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,926 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Black-tailed Godwit · Pintail +41
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PochardAythya ferina
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Seal
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Spiked Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Green Shieldbug · Southern Green Shieldbug +2
- Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Liparus coronatusLiparus coronatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025Events & activities nearby
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