Park Wood - Mixed woodland
✦ Ancient woodland2 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.16624, 1.07295
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route982 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 982 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route26 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,786 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,786 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +39
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Badger · Brown Hare
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Helophilus pendulus · 24-spot Ladybird +32
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Band-eyed Brown Horsefly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,786 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +39
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Badger · Brown Hare
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Helophilus pendulus · 24-spot Ladybird +32
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Band-eyed Brown Horsefly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tabanus bromius
Tabanus bromius
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaCheilosia barbataCheilosia barbataCheilosia barbataCheilosia barbataVariimorda villosaVariimorda villosaVariimorda villosaVariimorda villosaAthous bicolorAthous bicolorAthous bicolorAthous bicolorVolucella inflataVolucella inflataVolucella inflataVolucella inflataVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumRhagonycha luteaRhagonycha luteaRhagonycha luteaRhagonycha luteaRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciMalthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesMalthinus balteatusMalthinus balteatusMalthinus balteatusMalthinus balteatusChrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalciaCionus hortulanusCionus hortulanusCionus hortulanusCionus hortulanusEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax