Knock Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland65 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome65 ha
Getting here
51.22110, 0.89027
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Kings Wood 289m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Kings Wood 289m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
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 km7 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Pound Lanepublic footpath · 280 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 280 mPath type: unclassified
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
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
Main RouteCycling route797 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 797 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Woodland track in King's Wood
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Wildlife to spot
5,684 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,684 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Wren · Robin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Wood Mouse · Red Fox
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects12 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Glow-worm · Birch Shieldbug · Violet Ground Beetle · Olibrus corticalis +7
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025
- Olibrus corticalisOlibrus corticalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,684 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Wren · Robin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Wood Mouse · Red Fox
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects12 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Glow-worm · Birch Shieldbug · Violet Ground Beetle · Olibrus corticalis +7
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025
- Olibrus corticalisOlibrus corticalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Ring-footed SlugwormCaliroa annulipes2025Ring-footed SlugwormCaliroa annulipes2025Stomis pumicatusStomis pumicatus2025Stomis pumicatusStomis pumicatus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2025Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2025Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2025Events & activities nearby
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