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Capon Wood

✦ Ancient woodland5 ha

📷 Nick Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

51.19268, 0.99444

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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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Hawfinch, Mediterranean Gull, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Hawfinch, Mediterranean Gull, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket, Roesel's Bush-cricket, 7-spot Ladybird +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Yorkshire-fog, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, False Oat-grass +88 more · last seen 2023

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Bramble, Hawthorn, Oak +4 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Stour Valley WalkWalking route
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Wye National Nature Reserve Nature TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route

follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees

Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km
Named routeRef 18Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km
Named routeRef 18Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route797 m
Named routeRef 18Length 797 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route11 m
Named routeRef 18Length 11 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Horse riding

6 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Crundale Downs from Marriage Wood

📷 Nick Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Crundale Downs from Marriage Wood

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦OLANTIGH TOWERSHistoric site3.1 km→✦GODMERSHAM PARKHistoric site4.8 km→🌽Wye Allotment SiteAllotments4.4 km→✦Medieval moated site, Court Lodge Farm.Historic site4.6 km→🌱St Bartholomew's ChurchUrban park2 km→✦Bowl barrow, the westernmost of six in Eggringe WoodHistoric site2.5 km→

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