Fryarne Park Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.18513, 1.09569
Open directionsv
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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named cycling route nearby: NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional 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
20 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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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
5,247 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,247 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Wren · Robin · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +25
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- 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
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Green Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Larch Ladybird · Tortoise Bug +30
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Band-eyed Brown Horsefly
Grass · Bramble · Common Nettle · Thistle · Hogweed +29
- GrassPoaceae
- BrambleRubus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- ThistleCirsium
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Sow ThistleSonchus
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,247 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Wren · Robin · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +25
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- 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
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Green Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Larch Ladybird · Tortoise Bug +30
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Band-eyed Brown Horsefly
Grass · Bramble · Common Nettle · Thistle · Hogweed +29
- GrassPoaceae
- BrambleRubus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- ThistleCirsium
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Sow ThistleSonchus
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tabanus bromius
Tabanus bromius
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Scentless Mayweed
Tripleurospermum inodorum
Tripleurospermum inodorum
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