Lower Vert Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland53 ha
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome53 ha
Getting here
50.90158, 0.15787
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 466m away — 2 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 466m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
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 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km▾
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Stone Mason's Yard at Lower Vert Wood
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Wildlife to spot
13,424 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,424 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Cormorant · Pied Wagtail · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +1
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Fallow Deer
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects5 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Darter · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Poecilus · Minotaur Beetle · Southern Hawker
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- PoecilusPoecilus
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Bramble · Common Nettle · Bristly Oxtongue · Holly · Cow Parsley +128
- BrambleRubus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,424 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Cormorant · Pied Wagtail · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +1
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Fallow Deer
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects5 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Darter · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Poecilus · Minotaur Beetle · Southern Hawker
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- PoecilusPoecilus
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Bramble · Common Nettle · Bristly Oxtongue · Holly · Cow Parsley +128
- BrambleRubus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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