Meenfield Wood
✦ Ancient woodland111 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome111 ha
Getting here
51.32965, 0.16396
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Shoreham Woods Car Park (Andrews Park) 115m away — 10 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Shoreham Woods Car Park (Andrews Park) 115m away — 10 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
🦉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 — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Wren +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Wren +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Fox-tail Feather-moss · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Common Blue +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 34 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Darent Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Samuel Palmer TrailWalking route▾
Immerse yourself in the life, work and inspiration of Samuel Palmer on an audio-guided journey through Shoreham and surrounding areas.
Named routeLocal walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route▾
part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral
Named routeRegional walking route
Water Lanepublic footpath · 490 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 490 mSurface groundPath type: footway
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22Point-to-pointLocal cycle route
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27Point-to-pointLocal cycle route
10 public paths nearby
Public paths
Old Polhillbridleway · 573 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 573 mSurface pavedPath type: bridleway
Photos
Bridleway into Pilots Wood
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Wildlife to spot
11,287 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,287 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +46
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Birch Shieldbug · Rufous Grasshopper +10
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Southern Oak Bush-cricket
Fox-tail Feather-moss
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,287 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +46
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Birch Shieldbug · Rufous Grasshopper +10
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Southern Oak Bush-cricket
Fox-tail Feather-moss
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meconema meridionale
Meconema meridionale
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumStripe-winged GrasshopperStenobothrus lineatusStripe-winged GrasshopperStenobothrus lineatusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusWillow Bean-gallerEuura proximaWillow Bean-gallerEuura proxima