Hunt's Wood
✦ Ancient woodland9 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
51.20872, 1.07418
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🐕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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🐕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 — Woodpigeon, Robin, Chaffinch +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Chaffinch +56 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 — Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, White Clover, Dandelion +86 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Meadow Brown +35 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Small White, Meadow Brown +35 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Dandelion, Common Nettle, Hawthorn +6 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional 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
Canterbury Outer Ring WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
37 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
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route
EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV5International cycle route
N/ACycling route283 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 283 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Permissive bridleway past Upper Hardres Wood (2)
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Wildlife to spot
2,178 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,178 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Wren · Carrion Crow · Pheasant +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Little OwlAthene noctua2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
🦌Mammals10 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Common Pipistrelle · Small Mouse · Brown Long-eared Bat · Noctule · Myotis Bat species +5
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Small MouseMuridae2023
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
Glow-worm · Common Flower Bug · Harlequin Ladybird · Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · Hornet Hoverfly +1
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021
Grass · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · White Clover · Creeping Buttercup · Dandelion +45
- GrassPoaceae
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,178 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Wren · Carrion Crow · Pheasant +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Little OwlAthene noctua2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
🦌Mammals10 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Common Pipistrelle · Small Mouse · Brown Long-eared Bat · Noctule · Myotis Bat species +5
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Small MouseMuridae2023
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
Glow-worm · Common Flower Bug · Harlequin Ladybird · Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · Hornet Hoverfly +1
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021
Grass · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · White Clover · Creeping Buttercup · Dandelion +45
- GrassPoaceae
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas