Hedgecock Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland19 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦋Insects🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
51.14712, 1.04090
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 326m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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 326m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional 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
Wye National Nature Reserve Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route982 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 982 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route26 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route140 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 140 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route2.6 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
4,439 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,439 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspring
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon · Goldcrest +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects18 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Helophilus pendulus · Black-headed Cardinal Beetle +13
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,439 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspring
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon · Goldcrest +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects18 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Helophilus pendulus · Black-headed Cardinal Beetle +13
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
