Langdon Hills Country Park ✦ Ancient woodland 8 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 8 ha
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51.54925, 0.44966
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 🅿️ One Tree Hill Country Park 128m away — 12 car parks within reach, toilets nearby 🌤️ 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 🅿️ One Tree Hill Country Park 128m away — 12 car parks within reach, toilets nearby £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Robin +47 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Robin +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Common Knapweed, Meadow Vetchling +38 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Marbled White +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Thames Estuary Path Walking route 46.6 km ▾
Named route Length 46.6 km National walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-Sea Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map 55 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 13 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 13 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 123 m ▾
Named route Ref 13 Length 123 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 181 m ▾
Named route Ref 13 Length 181 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 934 m ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 934 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 29 m ▾
Named route Ref 13 Length 29 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 6 public paths nearby
Public paths
The Chase bridleway · 400 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 400 m Path type: bridleway
Show on map The Bridleway bridleway · 869 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 869 m Path type: bridleway
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Martinhole Wood, Langdon Hills Country Park
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Wildlife to spot
16,418 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 16,418 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 36 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Blackcap · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Green Woodpecker · Magpie · Blackbird +31
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Stock Dove Columba oenas Skylark Alauda arvensis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Herring Gull Larus argentatus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Linnet Linaria cannabina Canada Goose Branta canadensis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greenfinch Chloris chloris Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 🦌 Mammals 5 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Hare · Badger · Rabbit
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Badger Meles meles Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Adder · Slow-worm
Adder Vipera berus Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Southern Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Marbled White · Meadow Brown · Large White +34
Southern Migrant Hawker Aeshna affinis Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum Marbled White Melanargia galathea Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Large White Pieris brassicae Comma Polygonia c-album Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Deptford Pink
Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 16,418 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 36 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Blackcap · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Green Woodpecker · Magpie · Blackbird +31
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Stock Dove Columba oenas Skylark Alauda arvensis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Herring Gull Larus argentatus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Linnet Linaria cannabina Canada Goose Branta canadensis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greenfinch Chloris chloris Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 🦌 Mammals 5 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Hare · Badger · Rabbit
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Badger Meles meles Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Adder · Slow-worm
Adder Vipera berus Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Southern Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Marbled White · Meadow Brown · Large White +34
Southern Migrant Hawker Aeshna affinis Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum Marbled White Melanargia galathea Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Large White Pieris brassicae Comma Polygonia c-album Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Deptford Pink
Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green-veined White Pieris napi
Green-veined White Pieris napi
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus
Peacock Aglais io
Peacock Aglais io
Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus
Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus
Small White Pieris rapae
Small White Pieris rapae
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Wall Lasiommata megera
Wall Lasiommata megera
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
Brown Argus Aricia agestis
Brown Argus Aricia agestis
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus
White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album
White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola
White Admiral Limenitis camilla
White Admiral Limenitis camilla
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Cantharis decipiens Cantharis decipiens
Cantharis decipiens Cantharis decipiens
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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