Longfield Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 42 ha
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 42 ha
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51.35795, 0.39043
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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 — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Clustered Feather-moss, Wood Bristle-moss, Fox-tail Feather-moss +46 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Large White +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Oftord to Canterbury Cathedral Walking route ▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Tree Trail, Cobham Mausoleum & Woods Walking route 1.6 km ▾
Cobham Wood is a 77ha wood pasture restoration project, home to ancient & veteran trees which have made the site an important habitat for wood decay insects and bats. Look for the numbered posts to find the next tree along the trail. Potential livestock.
Named route Length 1.6 km Duration 00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Main Trail, Cobham Mausoleum & Woods Walking route 1.8 km ▾
Named route Length 1.8 km Duration 00:45 Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map North Downs Way (Eastern) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 1066 Harold's Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 177 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 177 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 177 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 132 m ▾
Named route Ref 177 Length 132 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface concrete
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 964 m ▾
Named route Ref 177 Length 964 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 12 m ▾
Named route Ref 177 Length 12 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 955 m ▾
Named route Ref 177 Length 955 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 3 public paths nearby
Public paths
NS245A bridleway · 279 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 279 m Path type: footway
Show on map Plug Lane byway open to all traffic · 385 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 385 m Path type: track
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Corrugated iron barn, Dilmer Wood
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Wildlife to spot
6,435 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,435 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Chaffinch +39
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Blackbird Turdus merula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Raven Corvus corax Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Hobby Falco subbuteo2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐝 Insects 44 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Small White · Green Shieldbug · Meadow Grasshopper +39
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2024 Small White Pieris rapae2024 Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Southern Oak Bush-cricket Wood Bristle-moss · Clustered Feather-moss
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,435 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Chaffinch +39
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Blackbird Turdus merula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Raven Corvus corax Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Hobby Falco subbuteo2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐝 Insects 44 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Small White · Green Shieldbug · Meadow Grasshopper +39
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2024 Small White Pieris rapae2024 Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Southern Oak Bush-cricket Wood Bristle-moss · Clustered Feather-moss
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meconema meridionale
Meconema meridionale
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Ledra aurita Ledra aurita
Ledra aurita Ledra aurita
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2024
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2024
Large White Pieris brassicae2024
Large White Pieris brassicae2024
Brown Argus Aricia agestis2024
Brown Argus Aricia agestis2024
Small Blue Cupido minimus2024
Small Blue Cupido minimus2024
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2024
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2024
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Issus coleoptratus Issus coleoptratus
Issus coleoptratus Issus coleoptratus
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata
Striped Slender Robberfly Leptogaster cylindrica
Striped Slender Robberfly Leptogaster cylindrica
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Rufous Grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus
Rufous Grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus
Lasius niger Lasius niger
Lasius niger Lasius niger
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum
Myrmica specioides Myrmica specioides
Myrmica specioides Myrmica specioides
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2024
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2024
Iassus scutellaris Iassus scutellaris2024
Iassus scutellaris Iassus scutellaris2024
Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus2024
Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus2024
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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