Lemon Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 7 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 7 ha
Places › England › South East › Tunbridge Wells Getting here
51.07014, 0.50297
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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ 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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ 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 — Turtle Dove, Raven, Firecrest +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Turtle Dove, Raven, Firecrest +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Flagellate Feather-moss, Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Shining Hookeria +120 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Brimstone, Lesser Stag Beetle, Peacock +59 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Brimstone, Lesser Stag Beetle, Peacock +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Two-horned Pincerwort, Conocephalum conicum, Hawthorn +4 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Play Trail Walking route 2 km ▾
Named route Length 2 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Sussex Border Path Walking route 220 km ▾
Named route Length 220 km Regional walking route
Show on map High Weald Landscape Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HWLT Listed length 145km Regional walking route
Show on map 15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 18 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 4.9 km ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 4.9 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 1.1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 187 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 187 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 431 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 431 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 628 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 628 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Family Cycle Route Mountain bike route ▾
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
2,380 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,380 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Turtle Dove · Raven · Firecrest · Lesser Spotted Woodpecker · Barn Owl +28
Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Raven Corvus corax Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major House Sparrow Passer domesticus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Hobby Falco subbuteo Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Woodlark Lullula arborea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Rook Corvus frugilegus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Daubenton's Bat · Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hazel Dormouse
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2024 Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2023 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2023 Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Lesser Stag Beetle · Violet Ground Beetle · Common Darter · Phasia hemiptera · Long-winged Cone-head +16
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2024 Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2024 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Phasia hemiptera Phasia hemiptera Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius Yorkshire-fog · Creeping Buttercup · Ivy · Pale Glaucous Thread-moss · Fumitory +14
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens Ivy Hedera helix Pale Glaucous Thread-moss Pohlia wahlenbergii Fumitory Fumaria Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium Wood Speedwell Veronica montana Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,380 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Turtle Dove · Raven · Firecrest · Lesser Spotted Woodpecker · Barn Owl +28
Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Raven Corvus corax Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major House Sparrow Passer domesticus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Hobby Falco subbuteo Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Woodlark Lullula arborea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Rook Corvus frugilegus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Daubenton's Bat · Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hazel Dormouse
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2024 Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2023 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2023 Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Lesser Stag Beetle · Violet Ground Beetle · Common Darter · Phasia hemiptera · Long-winged Cone-head +16
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2024 Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2024 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Phasia hemiptera Phasia hemiptera Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius Yorkshire-fog · Creeping Buttercup · Ivy · Pale Glaucous Thread-moss · Fumitory +14
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens Ivy Hedera helix Pale Glaucous Thread-moss Pohlia wahlenbergii Fumitory Fumaria Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium Wood Speedwell Veronica montana Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hill Cuckoo Bee
Hill Cuckoo Bee
Bombus rupestris
Bombus rupestris
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2024
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2024
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2024
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2024
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2024
Black-Kneed Apple Capsid Blepharidopterus angulatus2023
Black-Kneed Apple Capsid Blepharidopterus angulatus2023
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2023
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2023
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2023
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2023
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus2023
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus2023
Wasp Beetle Clytus arietis2022
Wasp Beetle Clytus arietis2022
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata2022
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata2022
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2022
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2022
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum2022
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum2022
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hazel Corylus avellana
Hazel Corylus avellana
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Curled Dock Rumex crispus
Curled Dock Rumex crispus
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Fat-hen Chenopodium album
Fat-hen Chenopodium album
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Bramble Rubus fruticosus
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