Shuttles Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦋Insects🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.17089, 1.10108
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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 km4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational 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
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
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
5,198 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,198 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Wren · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +26
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- 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
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Badger
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Sphaerophoria scripta · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Eupeodes +62
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- EupeodesEupeodes
- LuciliaLucilia
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Common Nettle · Hogweed · Bramble · Elder · Blackthorn +14
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- BrambleRubus
- ElderSambucus nigra
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- GrassPoaceae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,198 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Wren · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +26
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- 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
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Badger
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Sphaerophoria scripta · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Eupeodes +62
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- EupeodesEupeodes
- LuciliaLucilia
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Common Nettle · Hogweed · Bramble · Elder · Blackthorn +14
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- BrambleRubus
- ElderSambucus nigra
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- GrassPoaceae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hazel
Hazel
Corylus avellana
Corylus avellana
DandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumThistleCirsiumThistleCirsiumMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisSix-rowed BarleyHordeum vulgareSix-rowed BarleyHordeum vulgareCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisBread WheatTriticum aestivumBread WheatTriticum aestivumHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaRadishRaphanus raphanistrumRadishRaphanus raphanistrumSow ThistleSonchusSow ThistleSonchus