Hogshaw Wood - Coppice woodland
✦ Ancient woodland3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.28587, 0.73738
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
- 🌿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
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route321 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 321 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route525 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 525 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route5 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 5 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route682 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 682 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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8,424 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,424 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
springwinter
2026▾
Grey Partridge · Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Blackbird · Blue Tit +22
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Mole · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Gatekeeper · Small White · Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Peacock +20
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,424 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
springwinter
2026▾
Grey Partridge · Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Blackbird · Blue Tit +22
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Mole · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Gatekeeper · Small White · Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Peacock +20
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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