Harlakenden Wood
✦ Ancient woodland17 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
51.10502, 0.79100
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🐕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
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +53 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Little Shaggy-moss · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Winter Moth, Chestnut, Mottled Umber +187 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Winter Moth, Chestnut, Mottled Umber +187 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 18
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 11 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Regional cycle route
Brimstone TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Comma TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route13 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
6,849 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,849 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackcap · Blackbird +31
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Pipistrelle Bat species · Badger
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles2025
Red-legged Shieldbug · Oak Mining Sawfly · Tortoise Bug · Southern Migrant Hawker · Tachina fera +10
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2023
- Tachina feraTachina fera
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Oak Bush-cricket
Little Shaggy-moss
- Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,849 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackcap · Blackbird +31
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Pipistrelle Bat species · Badger
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles2025
Red-legged Shieldbug · Oak Mining Sawfly · Tortoise Bug · Southern Migrant Hawker · Tachina fera +10
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2023
- Tachina feraTachina fera
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Oak Bush-cricket
Little Shaggy-moss
- Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meconema thalassinum
Meconema thalassinum
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxWater LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctataWater LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctataGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumLarge Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatusLarge Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatusTipula vittataTipula vittataTipula vittataTipula vittataDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorBroad-banded Nomad BeeNomada signata2024Broad-banded Nomad BeeNomada signata2024Events & activities nearby
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