Hoath Wood - Coppice woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.26763, 0.42415
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
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Section 1Walking route6.4 km▾
Named routeRef SGT1Length 6.4 kmLocal walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
18,874 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,874 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWaxwing · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · House Sparrow · Robin +30
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle +2
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Glow-worm · Stag Beetle · Torymus affinis · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Pouting Woodlouse-fly +8
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024
- Torymus affinisTorymus affinis2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Pouting Woodlouse-flyRhinophora lepida2023
- Speckled Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,874 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWaxwing · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · House Sparrow · Robin +30
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle +2
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Glow-worm · Stag Beetle · Torymus affinis · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Pouting Woodlouse-fly +8
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024
- Torymus affinisTorymus affinis2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Pouting Woodlouse-flyRhinophora lepida2023
- Speckled Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023Leptophyes punctatissima
Leptophyes punctatissima
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusFigwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2024Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2024PipizellaPipizella2023PipizellaPipizella2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023MeigeniaMeigenia2023MeigeniaMeigenia2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Events & activities nearby
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