Marley Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.20991, 1.11429
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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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 6 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
Canterbury Outer Ring WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
31 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 route283 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 283 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route182 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 182 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route982 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 982 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
12,307 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
12,307 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Tawny Owl · Fieldfare +21
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Common Shrew
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Hairy Shieldbug · Eurygaster · Juniper Shieldbug · Bishop's Mitre · Dock Bug +76
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- EurygasterEurygaster2025
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,307 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Tawny Owl · Fieldfare +21
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Common Shrew
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Hairy Shieldbug · Eurygaster · Juniper Shieldbug · Bishop's Mitre · Dock Bug +76
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- EurygasterEurygaster2025
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2025Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Coriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus2025Coriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxSpiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Stictopleurus abutilonStictopleurus abutilon2025Stictopleurus abutilonStictopleurus abutilon2025Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2025Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2025Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides2025Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Woodland GrasshopperOmocestus rufipes2025Woodland GrasshopperOmocestus rufipes2025Tachina feraTachina fera2025Tachina feraTachina fera2025Eurygaster mauraEurygaster maura2025Eurygaster mauraEurygaster maura2025Scabious ClubhornAbia nitens2025Scabious ClubhornAbia nitens2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Orsillus depressusOrsillus depressusOrsillus depressusOrsillus depressusBlack-bellied ClusterflyPollenia amentariaBlack-bellied ClusterflyPollenia amentariaAndrion regensteinenseAndrion regensteinenseAndrion regensteinenseAndrion regensteinenseSnail HunterCychrus caraboidesSnail HunterCychrus caraboidesRhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2025Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2025HybosHybos2025HybosHybos2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2025Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Dasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctus2025Dasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctus2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2025Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa2025Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa2025Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2025Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2025Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2025Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2025Empis lividaEmpis livida2025Empis lividaEmpis livida2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria2025Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria2025Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera2025Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera2025Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025StictopleurusStictopleurus2025StictopleurusStictopleurus2025Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2025Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2025Marsh DamselbugNabis (Dolichonabis) limbatus2025Marsh DamselbugNabis (Dolichonabis) limbatus2025Broad DamselbugNabis (Nabicula) flavomarginatus2025Broad DamselbugNabis (Nabicula) flavomarginatus2025Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus2025Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus2025Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2025Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2025Banded GeneralStratiomys potamida2025Banded GeneralStratiomys potamida2025Gymnosoma rotundatumGymnosoma rotundatum2025Gymnosoma rotundatumGymnosoma rotundatum2025EristalisEristalis2025EristalisEristalis2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025CarpocorisCarpocoris2025CarpocorisCarpocoris2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida2025Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida2025Common DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosus2025Common DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosus2025Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025