Snipe Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland15 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
51.15074, 0.34449
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️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
- 🅿️Parking 492m away — 2 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
- 🅿️Parking 492m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public 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
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 18
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Eden Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
Tunbridge Wells Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Hawkenbury Link)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route90 m▾
Named routeLength 90 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route21 m▾
Named routeLength 21 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
N/ACycling route15 m▾
Named routeLength 15 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route32 m▾
Named routeLength 32 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface blocks
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Wildlife to spot
16,017 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
16,017 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Goldcrest · Magpie +40
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects9 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Snail Hunter · Phaonia signata · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Phaonia subventa · Agriotes lineatus +4
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Phaonia signataPhaonia signata
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
- Agriotes lineatusAgriotes lineatus
- Violet Ground Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,017 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Goldcrest · Magpie +40
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects9 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Snail Hunter · Phaonia signata · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Phaonia subventa · Agriotes lineatus +4
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Phaonia signataPhaonia signata
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
- Agriotes lineatusAgriotes lineatus
- Violet Ground Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Carabus violaceus
Carabus violaceus
Limodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilis10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Events & activities nearby
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