Castle Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 5 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Free entry Dogs welcome 5 ha
Places › England › South East › Tunbridge Wells Getting here
51.15882, 0.41778
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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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Magpie, Woodpigeon +90 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Magpie, Woodpigeon +90 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Cypress-leaved Plait-moss, Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss +33 more · last seen 2017
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Willow Emerald Damselfly +27 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Willow Emerald Damselfly +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Medway Valley Walk Walking route 45 km ▾
Named route Length 45 km Regional walking route
Show on map High Weald Landscape Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HWLT Listed length 145km Regional walking route
Show on map Wealdway Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 18 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 178 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 178 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 3.9 km ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 3.9 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 9.5 km ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 9.5 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 270 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 270 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 17 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 17 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
1,346 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,346 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Swift · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Magpie +40
Swift Apus apus2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Magpie Pica pica2022 Robin Erithacus rubecula2022 Great Tit Parus major2022 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2020 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2020 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2020 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2019 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2021 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2020 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2020 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2020 Jay Garrulus glandarius Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus2021 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2020 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2020 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2020 Coot Fulica atra2019 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2022 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2021 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2020 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2020 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2019 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2019 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis flammea exilipes/hornemanni2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2022 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2020 Goosander Mergus merganser2020 Ardea cinerea cinerea Ardea cinerea cinerea2020 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2019 Swallow Hirundo rustica2019 Whitethroat Curruca communis2019 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2019 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2019 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2019 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2019 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2019 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2019 Redpoll (cabaret/flammea) Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2018 🦌 Mammals 8 species
spring summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Field Vole · Roe Deer · House Mouse · Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse +3
Field Vole Microtus agrestis2023 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus House Mouse Mus musculus2023 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Hazel Dormouse 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2024 ▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2022 Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 16 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Gatekeeper · 7-spot Ladybird · Rosemary Beetle · Small White +11
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2021 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2021 Small White Pieris rapae2019 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,346 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Swift · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Magpie +40
Swift Apus apus2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Magpie Pica pica2022 Robin Erithacus rubecula2022 Great Tit Parus major2022 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2020 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2020 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2020 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2019 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2021 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2020 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2020 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2020 Jay Garrulus glandarius Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus2021 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2020 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2020 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2020 Coot Fulica atra2019 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2022 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2021 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2020 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2020 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2019 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2019 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis flammea exilipes/hornemanni2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2022 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2020 Goosander Mergus merganser2020 Ardea cinerea cinerea Ardea cinerea cinerea2020 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2019 Swallow Hirundo rustica2019 Whitethroat Curruca communis2019 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2019 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2019 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2019 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2019 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2019 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2019 Redpoll (cabaret/flammea) Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2018 🦌 Mammals 8 species
spring summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Field Vole · Roe Deer · House Mouse · Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse +3
Field Vole Microtus agrestis2023 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus House Mouse Mus musculus2023 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Hazel Dormouse 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2024 ▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2022 Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 16 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Gatekeeper · 7-spot Ladybird · Rosemary Beetle · Small White +11
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2021 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2021 Small White Pieris rapae2019 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Muscardinus avellanarius2020
Muscardinus avellanarius2020
Badger Meles meles2020
Badger Meles meles2020
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2018
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2018
Long-eared Bat species Plecotus2018
Long-eared Bat species Plecotus2018 Meadow Brown
Meadow Brown
Maniola jurtina2019
Maniola jurtina2019
Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium
Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2024
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2024
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2022
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2022
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2020
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2020
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
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