Waterworks Wood - Grassland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.16272, 0.31827
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
- 🌿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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
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 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Speldhurst Link)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Groombridge Link)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Eden Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
55 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route138 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 138 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route90 m▾
Named routeLength 90 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route259 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 259 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
24,924 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,924 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Water Shrew · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Snail Hunter · Eristalis pertinax · Glow-worm · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Minotaur Beetle +35
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- Brachyopa scutellarisBrachyopa scutellaris2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,924 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Water Shrew · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Snail Hunter · Eristalis pertinax · Glow-worm · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Minotaur Beetle +35
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- Brachyopa scutellarisBrachyopa scutellaris2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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