Park Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland40 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome40 ha
Getting here
51.16258, 1.07346
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️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 on site — 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 on site — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route982 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 982 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route26 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,519 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,519 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +41
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Brown Hare
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Helophilus pendulus · Syrphus · 24-spot Ladybird +33
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Band-eyed Brown Horsefly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,519 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +41
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Brown Hare
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Helophilus pendulus · Syrphus · 24-spot Ladybird +33
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Band-eyed Brown Horsefly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tabanus bromius
Tabanus bromius
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaCheilosia barbataCheilosia barbataCheilosia barbataCheilosia barbataVariimorda villosaVariimorda villosaVariimorda villosaVariimorda villosaAthous bicolorAthous bicolorAthous bicolorAthous bicolorVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumVolucella inflataVolucella inflataVolucella inflataVolucella inflata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciMalthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusRhagonycha luteaRhagonycha luteaRhagonycha luteaRhagonycha luteaRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesOedemera luridaOedemera luridaOedemera luridaOedemera luridaSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaMalthinus balteatusMalthinus balteatusMalthinus balteatusMalthinus balteatusChrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalciaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax