Martinhole Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.55546, 0.46130
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 253m away — 6 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 253m away — 6 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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
55 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 route123 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 123 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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
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Wildlife to spot
15,244 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,244 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Spotted Woodpecker · Green Woodpecker · Blackcap · Robin · Magpie +36
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CootFulica atra
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Badger · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
Southern Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Glow-worm · Emperor Dragonfly · Migrant Hawker +13
- Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Deptford Pink
- Deptford PinkDianthus armeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,244 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Spotted Woodpecker · Green Woodpecker · Blackcap · Robin · Magpie +36
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CootFulica atra
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Badger · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
Southern Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Glow-worm · Emperor Dragonfly · Migrant Hawker +13
- Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Deptford Pink
- Deptford PinkDianthus armeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
