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Madges Wood - Broadleaved woodland

5 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

51.14249, 1.37113

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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
  • 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
  • ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
CaféParkingToilets

Best for

10 activities

Picnic day out

café, toilets, car park

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Family friendly

café, toilets

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

12 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
The Frontpublic footpath · 384 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 384 mSurface compactedPath type: track
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Cycling

85 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 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
Skylark TrailCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths
Lighthouse Roadrestricted byway · 551 m
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 551 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Woodland, South Foreland

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Woodland, South Foreland

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Dover CastleHistoric site3.7 km→✦Dover CastleHistoric site3.7 km→🌱Connaught ParkUrban park4.2 km→🌱Pencester GardensUrban park4.4 km→🌱Pencester GardensUrban park4.4 km→🌱Pines GardenUrban park1 km→

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