Hall Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
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🦋Insects🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.13934, 1.18760
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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
- 🌿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
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Follow the kestrel to the DownsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal 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
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route
EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV5International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route241 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 241 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route289 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 289 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
3,305 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,305 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Great Tit · Chaffinch · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +33
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2024
Red-legged Shieldbug · Malthinus seriepunctatus · Rhagonycha lignosa · Cychramus luteus · Roesel's Bush-cricket +18
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Malthinus seriepunctatusMalthinus seriepunctatus
- Rhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosa
- Cychramus luteusCychramus luteus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Sitaris muralisSitaris muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,305 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Great Tit · Chaffinch · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +33
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2024
Red-legged Shieldbug · Malthinus seriepunctatus · Rhagonycha lignosa · Cychramus luteus · Roesel's Bush-cricket +18
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Malthinus seriepunctatusMalthinus seriepunctatus
- Rhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosa
- Cychramus luteusCychramus luteus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Sitaris muralisSitaris muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lesser Stag Beetle
Lesser Stag Beetle
Dorcus parallelipipedus
Dorcus parallelipipedus
Cheilosia impressaCheilosia impressaCheilosia impressaCheilosia impressaMalthinus balteatusMalthinus balteatusMalthinus balteatusMalthinus balteatusNut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammumNut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammumBlack-horned GemMicrochrysa politaBlack-horned GemMicrochrysa politaBirch Leaf RollerDeporaus betulaeBirch Leaf RollerDeporaus betulaeMalthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolusCantharis decipiensCantharis decipiensCantharis decipiensCantharis decipiensBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusCommon Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriCommon Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2024Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2024Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2024