Abbey Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland12 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.22600, 0.60080
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
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Stage 3Walking route8.8 km▾
Named routeRef SGT3Length 8.8 kmLocal walking route
Scenic Green Trail Stage 4Walking route12 km▾
Named routeRef SGT4Length 12 kmLocal 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
5 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 route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route3.7 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route541 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 541 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,593 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,593 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Chaffinch · Goldfinch · Starling · House Sparrow +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
🦌Mammals11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Rabbit · Wood Mouse +6
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2022
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2024▾
Limnephilus lunatus · Emperor Dragonfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Speckled Bush-cricket · Stag Beetle +3
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2022
- Cuckoo-Spit Insect
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,593 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Chaffinch · Goldfinch · Starling · House Sparrow +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
🦌Mammals11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Rabbit · Wood Mouse +6
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2022
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2024▾
Limnephilus lunatus · Emperor Dragonfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Speckled Bush-cricket · Stag Beetle +3
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2022
- Cuckoo-Spit Insect
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Philaenus spumarius2022
Philaenus spumarius2022
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2022Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2022Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021