Dogkennel Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.86252, 0.53367
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 197m away — 4 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 197m away — 4 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
1066 Country Walk - Hastings LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Combe Valley GreenwayWalking route4.5 km▾
The Greenway runs alongside the Combe Valley Way, providing access for walkers and cyclists between Bexhill and Hastings.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
1066 Country Walk - Bexhill LinkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmRegional walking route
Motoring Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Alternative RouteCycling route598 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 598 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route443 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 443 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route44 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 44 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
25,851 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
25,851 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Gadwall · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Mallard · Lapwing +43
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Trichocera saltator · Apion frumentarium · Trioza urticae · Trichocera rufescens · Dixa submaculata +3
- Trichocera saltatorTrichocera saltator2025
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae2025
- Trichocera rufescensTrichocera rufescens2025
- Dixa submaculataDixa submaculata2025
- Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa
🌿Plants74 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Creeping Buttercup · Common Fleabane · Lesser Celandine · Hazel · Pendulous Sedge +69
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,851 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Gadwall · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Mallard · Lapwing +43
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Trichocera saltator · Apion frumentarium · Trioza urticae · Trichocera rufescens · Dixa submaculata +3
- Trichocera saltatorTrichocera saltator2025
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae2025
- Trichocera rufescensTrichocera rufescens2025
- Dixa submaculataDixa submaculata2025
- Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa
🌿Plants74 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Creeping Buttercup · Common Fleabane · Lesser Celandine · Hazel · Pendulous Sedge +69
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Trichocera majorTrichocera major2025Trichocera majorTrichocera major2025Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata2025Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata2025Bramble
Bramble
Rubus fruticosus
Rubus fruticosus
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