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Eight Acre Shaw

2 ha
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Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Glow-worm, Southern Oak Bush-cricket, Meadow Grasshopper +54 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Glow-worm, Southern Oak Bush-cricket, Meadow Grasshopper +54 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Common Feather-moss, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Swan's-neck Thyme-moss +33 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Feather-moss, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Swan's-neck Thyme-moss +33 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route

follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees

Named routeRegional walking route
Tree Trail, Cobham Mausoleum & WoodsWalking route1.6 km

Cobham Wood is a 77ha wood pasture restoration project, home to ancient & veteran trees which have made the site an important habitat for wood decay insects and bats. Look for the numbered posts to find the next tree along the trail. Potential livestock.

Named routeLength 1.6 kmDuration 00:45Round tripLocal walking route
Main Trail, Cobham Mausoleum & WoodsWalking route1.8 km
Named routeLength 1.8 kmDuration 00:45Point-to-pointLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
1066 Harold's WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths
Plug Lanebyway open to all traffic · 385 m
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 385 mPath type: track

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