Well Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.20773, 0.89169
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 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Beech Walk & SculpturesWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Comma TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Orange Tip TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,343 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,343 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Wren · Robin +39
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Badger · Wood Mouse · Red Fox
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Hairy Shieldbug · Dark Bush-cricket · Glow-worm · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird +21
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,343 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Wren · Robin +39
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Badger · Wood Mouse · Red Fox
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Hairy Shieldbug · Dark Bush-cricket · Glow-worm · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird +21
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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