Coombe Wood - Sparse woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌲Walks
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.33161, 0.99272
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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Black TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
92 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Crab & Winkle WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Crab & Winkle Way extensionCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 183Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 183National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
Crab & Winkle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Crab & Winkle LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
17,716 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,716 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Pied Wagtail · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Pheasant · Starling +49
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Slow-worm
🐝Insects11 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Shrill Carder Bee · Slender Ground-hopper · Eristalis pertinax · Syrphus ribesii · Liophloeus tessulatus +6
- Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum2025
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,716 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Pied Wagtail · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Pheasant · Starling +49
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Slow-worm
🐝Insects11 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Shrill Carder Bee · Slender Ground-hopper · Eristalis pertinax · Syrphus ribesii · Liophloeus tessulatus +6
- Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum2025
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Firebug
Firebug
Pyrrhocoris apterus2025
Pyrrhocoris apterus2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa2025Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025