Ashour Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.16751, 0.21021
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
- 🌿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 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Speldhurst Link)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Groombridge Link)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
Eden Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route
61 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route138 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 138 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route90 m▾
Named routeLength 90 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route49 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
10,447 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,447 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · Blue Tit · Grey Heron +50
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CootFulica atra
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common TernSterna hirundo
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Common Shrew
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Azure Damselfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Eriothrix rufomaculata · Batman Hoverfly · Xylota segnis +8
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Marsh Snipefly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,447 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · Blue Tit · Grey Heron +50
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CootFulica atra
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common TernSterna hirundo
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Common Shrew
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Azure Damselfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Eriothrix rufomaculata · Batman Hoverfly · Xylota segnis +8
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Marsh Snipefly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhagio tringarius
Rhagio tringarius
Nowickia feroxNowickia feroxNowickia feroxNowickia feroxMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusAgrypnia variaAgrypnia variaAgrypnia variaAgrypnia variaShore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralisShore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralis22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesEvents & activities nearby
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