The Shaw - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.14855, 1.19873
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
🍂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
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Miner's Way TrailWalking route43.5 km▾
Named routeLength 43.5 kmRound tripRegional walking route
35 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 route272 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 272 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
The edge of North Court Wood
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Wildlife to spot
5,244 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,244 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2025▾
Peregrine · Raven · Hobby · Firecrest · Barn Owl +41
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RavenCorvus corax
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Slow-worm · Adder · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2024
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Dark Bush-cricket · Sitaris muralis · Cheilosia impressa · Lesser Stag Beetle +7
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Sitaris muralisSitaris muralis
- Cheilosia impressaCheilosia impressa
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,244 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2025▾
Peregrine · Raven · Hobby · Firecrest · Barn Owl +41
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RavenCorvus corax
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Slow-worm · Adder · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2024
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Dark Bush-cricket · Sitaris muralis · Cheilosia impressa · Lesser Stag Beetle +7
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Sitaris muralisSitaris muralis
- Cheilosia impressaCheilosia impressa
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ferdinandea cuprea
Ferdinandea cuprea
Ferdinandea cuprea
Ferdinandea cuprea
Malthinus seriepunctatusMalthinus seriepunctatusMalthinus seriepunctatusMalthinus seriepunctatusSpiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2024Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024