Lords Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 36 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍄 Fungi
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 36 ha
Places › England › South East › Dartford Getting here
51.42134, 0.27359
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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 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ 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 — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Cladonia rangiformis, Amethyst Deceiver, Woolly Milkcap +79 more · last seen 2015; Fungi — Cladonia rangiformis, Amethyst Deceiver, Woolly Milkcap +79 more · last seen 2015
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Broom Fork-moss, Big Shaggy-moss +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Brimstone, Red Admiral +78 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Stag Beetle, Brimstone, Red Admiral +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Circular Walk from Darent Valley Path D Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Southwark Cathedral to Otford Walking route ▾
part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Darent Valley Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Cray Riverway Walking route 16 km ▾
Named route Length 16 km Local walking route
Show on map London LOOP (Section 1) Walking route ▾
"an easy walk along section one of the London LOOP route, next to the river Thames, Darent and Cray." Sights: * Waterside Gardens * Bear and Ragged Staff associated with the Earldom of Warwick * Hall Place
Named route Ref LOOP Regional walking route
Show on map 131 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 125 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 125 Point-to-point National Cycle Network
Show on map Dartford Crossing Shuttle (North) Cycling route ▾
Dartford Crossing Shuttle (South) Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 177 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 177 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map 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.
Photos Lords Wood from Shellbank Lane
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Wildlife to spot
3,122 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,122 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Blue Tit +39
Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2022 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2022 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2022 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2022 Skylark Alauda arvensis2022 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2022 Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2022 Greylag Goose Anser anser2022 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Red Fox
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2023 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Common Toad Bufo bufo Stag Beetle · Firebug · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Blue Damselfly · Southern Hawker +8
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2023 Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Big Shaggy-moss · Broom Fork-moss · Common Tamarisk-moss · Giant Hogweed
Big Shaggy-moss Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,122 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Blue Tit +39
Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2022 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2022 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2022 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2022 Skylark Alauda arvensis2022 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2022 Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2022 Greylag Goose Anser anser2022 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Red Fox
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2023 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Common Toad Bufo bufo Stag Beetle · Firebug · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Blue Damselfly · Southern Hawker +8
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2023 Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Big Shaggy-moss · Broom Fork-moss · Common Tamarisk-moss · Giant Hogweed
Big Shaggy-moss Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Malachite Beetle Malachius bipustulatus2025
Malachite Beetle Malachius bipustulatus2025
Bryony Mining Bee Andrena florea2024
Bryony Mining Bee Andrena florea2024
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2022
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2022
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2022
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2022
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea2022
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea2022
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2022
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2022 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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