Hale Park Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.23104, 0.41521
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
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 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Scenic Green Trail Section 1Walking route6.4 km▾
Named routeRef SGT1Length 6.4 kmLocal walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Stage 2Walking route8 km▾
Named routeRef SGT2Length 8 kmLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
Photos
Trees lining the River Medway
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Wildlife to spot
4,650 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,650 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Collared Dove · Blackbird · House Sparrow +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummer
2026▾
Badger · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Red Deer · Rabbit +2
- BadgerMeles meles
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
Figwort Sawfly · Migrant Hawker · Downy Emerald · Banded Demoiselle · Brown Hawker +5
- Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- White-legged Damselfly
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wavy Beard-moss · Intermediate Screw-moss · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · Pointed Spear-moss +24
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus
- Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,650 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Collared Dove · Blackbird · House Sparrow +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummer
2026▾
Badger · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Red Deer · Rabbit +2
- BadgerMeles meles
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
Figwort Sawfly · Migrant Hawker · Downy Emerald · Banded Demoiselle · Brown Hawker +5
- Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- White-legged Damselfly
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wavy Beard-moss · Intermediate Screw-moss · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · Pointed Spear-moss +24
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus
- Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023Platycnemis pennipes2023
Platycnemis pennipes2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Wood Bristle-moss
Wood Bristle-moss
Lewinskya affinis
Lewinskya affinis
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareFissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoidesCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciataCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciataCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaWall Screw-mossTortula muralisWall Screw-mossTortula muralisMamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoiMamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoiJagged GermanderwortRiccardia chamedryfoliaJagged GermanderwortRiccardia chamedryfoliaSquirrel-tail MossLeucodon sciuroidesSquirrel-tail MossLeucodon sciuroidesCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusCypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiformeCypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiformeLong-beaked Thyme-mossPlagiomnium rostratumLong-beaked Thyme-mossPlagiomnium rostratumHeath Star MossCampylopus introflexusHeath Star MossCampylopus introflexusGreen Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimusGreen Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimusSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumAnomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalumAnomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalumMinute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissimaMinute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissimaForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaBifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentataBifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentataWater Screw-mossSyntrichia latifoliaWater Screw-mossSyntrichia latifoliaLyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyelliiLyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii