The Warren - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.09886, 1.22042
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 241m away — 2 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
🌤️ 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 241m away — 2 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
- £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
toilets
Free
Named hiking route nearby: European walking route E9, Rye to Dover
Free
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Route 2 Dover to Hastings
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 25 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Corridors to the countrysideWalking route▾
Follow the kestrel to the DownsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Camber to FolkestoneWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
76 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cinque Ports CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
SeafrontCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
to Folkestone WestCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
to the Town Centre (NCR2)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
View of the railway to Folkestone and The Warren
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Wildlife to spot
12,016 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,016 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Herring Gull · Swallow · House Martin · Magpie +40
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SwiftApus apus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Lizard · Wall Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis2025
🐝Insects44 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Long-winged Cone-head · Rufous Grasshopper · Roesel's Bush-cricket +39
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,016 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Herring Gull · Swallow · House Martin · Magpie +40
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SwiftApus apus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Lizard · Wall Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis2025
🐝Insects44 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Long-winged Cone-head · Rufous Grasshopper · Roesel's Bush-cricket +39
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas