Broadleaved woodland near Kingswood
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.56617, 0.46952
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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
- 🛝Playground 173m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground 173m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 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
46 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
5,009 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,009 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2026▾
Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin +46
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Brown Hare +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Marsh Frog · Smooth Newt
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
🐝Insects28 species
springsummer
2025▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Tree Bumblebee · Bombus lucorum · Common Carder Bee · Emperor Dragonfly +23
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Southern Migrant Hawker
Deptford Pink
- Deptford PinkDianthus armeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,009 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2026▾
Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin +46
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Brown Hare +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Marsh Frog · Smooth Newt
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
🐝Insects28 species
springsummer
2025▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Tree Bumblebee · Bombus lucorum · Common Carder Bee · Emperor Dragonfly +23
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Southern Migrant Hawker
Deptford Pink
- Deptford PinkDianthus armeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aeshna affinis
Aeshna affinis
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumSouthern Green ShieldbugNezara viridulaSouthern Green ShieldbugNezara viridulaSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonusGatekeeperPyronia tithonusSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataLily BeetleLilioceris liliiLily BeetleLilioceris liliiHollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostreHollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostreGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2024Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2024BumblebeeBombus2024BumblebeeBombus2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024