Mintching Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland2 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.29587, 0.74552
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
🍂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
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route90 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 90 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
7,012 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,012 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
springsummer
2026▾
Wren · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker +18
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Mole · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Hairy Shieldbug · Sicus ferrugineus +23
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,012 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
springsummer
2026▾
Wren · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker +18
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Mole · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Hairy Shieldbug · Sicus ferrugineus +23
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas