Martinhole Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.54558, 0.46176
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 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thames Estuary PathWalking route46.6 km▾
Named routeLength 46.6 kmNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
54 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route181 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 181 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route934 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 934 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route29 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route794 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 794 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
10,123 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,123 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreen Woodpecker · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin · Magpie · Starling +35
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CootFulica atra
Brown Hare · Badger · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Clouded Yellow · Shrill Carder Bee · Swollen-thighed Beetle +8
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Clouded YellowColias croceus
- Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis
Deptford Pink
- Deptford PinkDianthus armeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,123 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreen Woodpecker · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin · Magpie · Starling +35
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CootFulica atra
Brown Hare · Badger · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Clouded Yellow · Shrill Carder Bee · Swollen-thighed Beetle +8
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Clouded YellowColias croceus
- Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis
Deptford Pink
- Deptford PinkDianthus armeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus
Syrphus
Syrphus
Syrphus
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataLily BeetleLilioceris liliiLily BeetleLilioceris liliiHollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostreHollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostreGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus