Fryarne Park Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.18656, 1.08548
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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
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 · 10 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
1 public path nearby
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4,813 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,813 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspring
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Chaffinch · Goldcrest · Green Woodpecker +26
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2022
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Stoat · Natterer's Bat · Badger · Red Fox
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- StoatMustela erminea2024
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Slow-worm · Adder · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects70 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · 14-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Anoplotrupes stercorosus +65
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Bank Haircap
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,813 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspring
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Chaffinch · Goldcrest · Green Woodpecker +26
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2022
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Stoat · Natterer's Bat · Badger · Red Fox
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- StoatMustela erminea2024
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Slow-worm · Adder · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects70 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · 14-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Anoplotrupes stercorosus +65
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Bank Haircap
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimusWoundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimusDock BugCoreus marginatus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaEurygasterEurygasterEurygasterEurygasterMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCommon Ground-hopperTetrix undulataCommon Ground-hopperTetrix undulataCommon DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosusCommon DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosusAgapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2024Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2024Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaTortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciMalthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusRhagonycha luteaRhagonycha luteaRhagonycha luteaRhagonycha luteaRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxMalthinus balteatusMalthinus balteatusMalthinus balteatusMalthinus balteatusAnaspis maculataAnaspis maculataAnaspis maculataAnaspis maculataBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaCionus hortulanusCionus hortulanusCionus hortulanusCionus hortulanusSlender Ground-hopperTetrix subulataSlender Ground-hopperTetrix subulataScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriHarpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracicaParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusCheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEristalisEristalisEristalisEristalisBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaRhingia campestrisRhingia campestrisRhingia campestrisRhingia campestrisFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2024Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2024Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Cheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilis2024Cheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilis2024Brachypalpoides lentusBrachypalpoides lentus2024Brachypalpoides lentusBrachypalpoides lentus2024Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2024Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2024Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2024Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024CheilosiaCheilosia2024CheilosiaCheilosia2024Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2024Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2023Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2023LydinaLydina2023LydinaLydina2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2023Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2023Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2023Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2023SyrphusSyrphus2023SyrphusSyrphus2023Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2023Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2023Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2023Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2023Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2023Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2023Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2023Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2023Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2023Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2023Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2023Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2023