Minepit Shaw - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.10029, 0.35930
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
Tunbridge Wells Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Hawkenbury Link)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route4.9 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 4.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.9 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 3.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route9.5 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 9.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route197 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 197 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route318 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 318 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,914 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,914 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds104 species
springsummer
2026▾
Herring Gull · Mallard · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +99
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2024▾
Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit · Brown Long-eared Bat +1
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2022
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Sweet Chestnut · Holly · Coralroot Bittercress · Ash · Barren Strawberry +12
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2022
- HollyIlex aquifolium2022
- Coralroot BittercressCardamine bulbifera2024
- AshFraxinus excelsior2022
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,914 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds104 species
springsummer
2026▾
Herring Gull · Mallard · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +99
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2024▾
Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit · Brown Long-eared Bat +1
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2022
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Sweet Chestnut · Holly · Coralroot Bittercress · Ash · Barren Strawberry +12
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2022
- HollyIlex aquifolium2022
- Coralroot BittercressCardamine bulbifera2024
- AshFraxinus excelsior2022
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024Bifid Hemp-nettleGaleopsis bifida2024Bifid Hemp-nettleGaleopsis bifida2024BetonyBetonica officinalis2024BetonyBetonica officinalis2024GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2024GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2024Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023BeechFagus sylvatica2022BeechFagus sylvatica2022Silver BirchBetula pendula2022Silver BirchBetula pendula2022Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022Events & activities nearby
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