Grove Wood
✦ Ancient woodland15 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
51.35515, 0.26434
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swallow, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swallow, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Hyacinthoides · last seen 2018
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Gatekeeper, Large White +25 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Peacock, Gatekeeper, Large White +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Darent Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route▾
part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral
Named routeRegional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
2,340 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,340 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspring
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- SwiftApus apus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2019
🦌Mammals12 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Red Fox +7
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2020▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Glow-worm · Jersey Tiger · Common Rose Fusehorn · Rosemary Beetle · Box Tree Moth +3
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2023
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Hornet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,340 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspring
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- SwiftApus apus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2019
🦌Mammals12 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Red Fox +7
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2020▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Glow-worm · Jersey Tiger · Common Rose Fusehorn · Rosemary Beetle · Box Tree Moth +3
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2023
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Hornet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Vespa crabro2020
Vespa crabro2020
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019