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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.33655, 0.36786
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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
- 🅿️Parking 165m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 165m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Large White +67 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Large White +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Section 1Walking route6.4 km▾
Named routeRef SGT1Length 6.4 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
1066 Harold's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Ridge Lanebyway open to all traffic · 200 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 200 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
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Wildlife to spot
8,333 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,333 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Song Thrush · Woodpigeon +33
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Common Shrew · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Rufous Grasshopper · Red-legged Shieldbug · Glow-worm · Meadow Grasshopper · Psococerastis gibbosa +31
- Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Psococerastis gibbosaPsococerastis gibbosa
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi
- 7-spot Ladybird
🌿Plants8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Forked Veilwort · Bank Haircap · Cypress-leaved Plait-moss · Rubus vestitus · Rough-stalked Feather-moss +3
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
- Rubus vestitusRubus vestitus
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,333 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Song Thrush · Woodpigeon +33
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Common Shrew · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Rufous Grasshopper · Red-legged Shieldbug · Glow-worm · Meadow Grasshopper · Psococerastis gibbosa +31
- Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Psococerastis gibbosaPsococerastis gibbosa
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi
- 7-spot Ladybird
🌿Plants8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Forked Veilwort · Bank Haircap · Cypress-leaved Plait-moss · Rubus vestitus · Rough-stalked Feather-moss +3
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
- Rubus vestitusRubus vestitus
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatusRambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatusSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusHeather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatusHeather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatusDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumTurtle BugPodops inunctaTurtle BugPodops inunctaOnthophagus joannaeOnthophagus joannaeOnthophagus joannaeOnthophagus joannaeSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisAphodiusAphodiusAphodiusAphodiusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusSiphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreaeAvens Mining SawflyMetallus lanceolatusAvens Mining SawflyMetallus lanceolatusPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusBrown ChaferSerica brunneaBrown ChaferSerica brunneaAphodius fimetariusAphodius fimetariusAphodius fimetariusAphodius fimetariusCommon Ground-hopperTetrix undulataCommon Ground-hopperTetrix undulataSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusViburnum Leaf BeetlePyrrhalta viburniViburnum Leaf BeetlePyrrhalta viburniCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaLiparus coronatusLiparus coronatusLiparus coronatusLiparus coronatusIvy Boring BeetleOchina ptinoidesIvy Boring BeetleOchina ptinoidesGreen Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceusGreen Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceusCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumRubus leptadenesRubus leptadenesRubus leptadenesRubus leptadenes