Broadoak Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.12338, 0.50031
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
🗺️National trail🥾Walking trails
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route4.9 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 4.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route187 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 187 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route9.5 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 9.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route969 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 969 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route449 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 449 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
1,448 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,448 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspring
2025▾
Spotted Flycatcher · Marsh Tit · Great Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Chaffinch +38
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rabbit · Fallow Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects6 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · Black Clock · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Beautiful Demoiselle +1
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Silky Forklet-moss · Elegant Silk-moss · Cylindric Beard-moss · Common Smoothcap +6
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
- Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans
- Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Twist-tip Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium schleicheri
- Bordered Screw-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,448 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspring
2025▾
Spotted Flycatcher · Marsh Tit · Great Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Chaffinch +38
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rabbit · Fallow Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects6 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · Black Clock · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Beautiful Demoiselle +1
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Silky Forklet-moss · Elegant Silk-moss · Cylindric Beard-moss · Common Smoothcap +6
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
- Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans
- Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Twist-tip Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium schleicheri
- Bordered Screw-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tortula marginata2022
Tortula marginata2022
Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum2022Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum2022Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2022Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2022Cylindric DitrichumTrichodon cylindricus2022Cylindric DitrichumTrichodon cylindricus2022Juicy Silk-mossPlagiothecium succulentum2022Juicy Silk-mossPlagiothecium succulentum2022