Runham Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.22517, 0.67539
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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Section 7Walking route13.6 km▾
Named routeRef SGT7Length 13.6 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route477 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 477 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route321 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 321 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route525 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 525 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
2,906 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,906 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blackcap · Mistle Thrush +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
🦌Mammals16 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse · Brown Rat · Noctule +11
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects10 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · 16-spot Ladybird +5
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,906 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blackcap · Mistle Thrush +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
🦌Mammals16 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse · Brown Rat · Noctule +11
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects10 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · 16-spot Ladybird +5
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides2023
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2023Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2023Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2022Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2022Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2021Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2021Events & activities nearby
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