Oak Wood - Broadleaved woodland
9 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
51.14027, 1.24280
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
- 🌿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
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 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
52 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
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1 Dover to CanterburyCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV5International cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
38,735 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
38,735 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull · Coot +19
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
🦌Mammals1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Scathophaga stercoraria +10
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,735 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull · Coot +19
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
🦌Mammals1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Scathophaga stercoraria +10
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus
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