Canter Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.16039, 1.14686
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
43 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route856 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 856 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route982 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 982 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route51 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 51 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Gatteridge Lanebyway open to all traffic · 1.5 km▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.5 kmPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
3,498 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,498 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Chaffinch · Song Thrush · Stock Dove +45
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Badger · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Mole +1
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Mesembrina meridiana · Cantharis rustica · Cantharis pellucida · Helophilus pendulus · Xanthogramma citrofasciatum +3
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Xanthogramma citrofasciatumXanthogramma citrofasciatum
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,498 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Chaffinch · Song Thrush · Stock Dove +45
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Badger · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Mole +1
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Mesembrina meridiana · Cantharis rustica · Cantharis pellucida · Helophilus pendulus · Xanthogramma citrofasciatum +3
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Xanthogramma citrofasciatumXanthogramma citrofasciatum
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
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