Goulds Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland21 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
51.27253, 0.96430
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
🍂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
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Kent County Council Centenary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 183Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 183National Cycle Network
Great Stour WayCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route738 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 738 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
5,051 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,051 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +45
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwiftApus apus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2026▾
Badger · Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Indet. Deer · Stoat
- BadgerMeles meles
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Indet. DeerCervidae2025
- StoatMustela erminea2025
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
Glow-worm · Western Honey Bee · Emperor Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser +19
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common Blue Damselfly
Bramble
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,051 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +45
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwiftApus apus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2026▾
Badger · Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Indet. Deer · Stoat
- BadgerMeles meles
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Indet. DeerCervidae2025
- StoatMustela erminea2025
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
Glow-worm · Western Honey Bee · Emperor Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser +19
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common Blue Damselfly
Bramble
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Enallagma cyathigerum
Enallagma cyathigerum
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisRutpela maculataRutpela maculataRutpela maculataRutpela maculataLiocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatusLagria hirtaLagria hirtaLagria hirtaLagria hirtaBlack ClockPterostichus madidusBlack ClockPterostichus madidusBack-SwimmerNotonectaBack-SwimmerNotonectaRed Wood AntFormica rufaRed Wood AntFormica rufaSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaEvents & activities nearby
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