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Farthings Wood

✦ Ancient woodland2 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

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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
📍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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Chiffchaff +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Chiffchaff +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Stag Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird, Orange Ladybird +55 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Stag Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird, Orange Ladybird +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Silver-moss · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Elham Valley WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route

Stour Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route

Miner's Way TrailWalking route43.5 km

Named routeLength 43.5 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route

Named routeRef VFInternational walking route

North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

161 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route

Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Great Stour WayCycling route

Named routeNational Cycle Network

Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

8,628 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,628 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

springsummer

2026

Robin · Blackbird · Chiffchaff · Blackcap · Blue Tit +66

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
CootFulica atra2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
SwiftApus apus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023

🦌

Mammals9 species

springsummer

2026

Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit · Red Fox · Hedgehog +4

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
BeaverCastor fiber
MoleTalpa europaea2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

🦎

Reptiles3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Grass Snake

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
Common LizardZootoca vivipara2023
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects58 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Stag Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket +53

Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti2023
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Bicolorous SawflyHemichroa australis2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025
Malvapion malvaeMalvapion malvae2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
WirewormElateridae2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024
Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2024
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2024
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2024
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2024
Woolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerum2024
Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans2024
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024
Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2023
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2023
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2023
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2023
Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2023
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2023
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2022

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2024

Silver-moss

Silver-mossBryum argenteum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,628 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

springsummer

2026

Robin · Blackbird · Chiffchaff · Blackcap · Blue Tit +66

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
CootFulica atra2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
SwiftApus apus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023

🦌

Mammals9 species

springsummer

2026

Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit · Red Fox · Hedgehog +4

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
BeaverCastor fiber
MoleTalpa europaea2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

🦎

Reptiles3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Grass Snake

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
Common LizardZootoca vivipara2023
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects58 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Stag Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket +53

Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti2023
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Bicolorous SawflyHemichroa australis2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025
Malvapion malvaeMalvapion malvae2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
WirewormElateridae2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024
Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2024
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2024
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2024
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2024
Woolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerum2024
Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans2024
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024
Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2023
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2023
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2023
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2023
Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2023
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2023
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2022

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2024

Silver-moss

Silver-mossBryum argenteum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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