Ashen Grove - Grassland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.33519, 0.23252
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 235m away — 4 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 235m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Darent Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Samuel Palmer TrailWalking route▾
Immerse yourself in the life, work and inspiration of Samuel Palmer on an audio-guided journey through Shoreham and surrounding areas.
Named routeLocal walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route▾
part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral
Named routeRegional walking route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Cherry Tree Groverestricted byway · 391 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 391 mPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
5,234 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,234 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Eurasian Serotine · Red Fox
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Southern Hawker · Large White · Marbled White +18
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,234 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Eurasian Serotine · Red Fox
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Southern Hawker · Large White · Marbled White +18
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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