Woodlands Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.23812, 1.16429
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Miner's Way TrailWalking route43.5 km▾
Named routeLength 43.5 kmRound tripRegional 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
49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route
EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV5International cycle route
N/ACycling route247 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 247 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route994 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 994 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route584 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 584 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
2,494 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,494 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Swift · Magpie · Collared Dove · Blackbird +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Hedgehog · Red Fox
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Glow-worm · Rhamphus oxyacanthae · Eristalis pertinax · Dotted Bee-fly · Hairy Shieldbug +4
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Bicolorous Sawfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,494 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Swift · Magpie · Collared Dove · Blackbird +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Hedgehog · Red Fox
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Glow-worm · Rhamphus oxyacanthae · Eristalis pertinax · Dotted Bee-fly · Hairy Shieldbug +4
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Bicolorous Sawfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hemichroa australis2025
Hemichroa australis2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis2025Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025