Elhampark Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.16928, 1.09204
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 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
21 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 route5.5 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 5.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
7,269 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,269 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Wren · Robin · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +28
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Red Fox
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Hairy Shieldbug · Lucilia · Common Red Soldier Beetle +77
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- LuciliaLucilia
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,269 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Wren · Robin · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +28
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Red Fox
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Hairy Shieldbug · Lucilia · Common Red Soldier Beetle +77
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- LuciliaLucilia
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas