Pickleden Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.17326, 1.19385
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
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 · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Miner's Way TrailWalking route43.5 km▾
Named routeLength 43.5 kmRound tripRegional 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
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route
EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV5International cycle route
N/ACycling route262 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 262 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route73 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 73 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 16Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
2,527 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,527 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
winterspring
2026▾
Yellowhammer · Barn Owl · Marsh Tit · Kestrel · Lapwing +18
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Common GullLarus canus2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
Red Fox · Hedgehog · Badger · Rabbit
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Large White · Common Blue · Small White · Painted Lady · Meadow Brown +22
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,527 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
winterspring
2026▾
Yellowhammer · Barn Owl · Marsh Tit · Kestrel · Lapwing +18
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Common GullLarus canus2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
Red Fox · Hedgehog · Badger · Rabbit
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Large White · Common Blue · Small White · Painted Lady · Meadow Brown +22
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2019Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeLarge SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019WallLasiommata megera2019WallLasiommata megera2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataGlow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Events & activities nearby
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