Sandgate Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.15691, 1.05238
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 103m away — 4 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 103m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
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 km4 signed routes nearby · 9 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
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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
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Wildlife to spot
3,917 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,917 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspring
2026▾
Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
Badger · Brown Hare
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects20 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Helophilus pendulus · Black-headed Cardinal Beetle · Violet Ground Beetle +15
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,917 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspring
2026▾
Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
Badger · Brown Hare
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects20 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Helophilus pendulus · Black-headed Cardinal Beetle · Violet Ground Beetle +15
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
