Covert Wood - Mixed woodland
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.19609, 1.12531
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 km4 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Canterbury Outer Ring WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route
EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV5International cycle route
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
13 public paths nearby
Public paths
The Grindbyway open to all traffic · 689 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 689 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
17,424 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,424 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Spotted Woodpecker · Robin · Goldcrest · Blue Tit · Blackbird +37
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Stoat · Mole
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- StoatMustela erminea
- MoleTalpa europaea
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Juniper Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Orsillus depressus · Green Shieldbug · Oedemera femoralis +42
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Orsillus depressusOrsillus depressus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,424 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Spotted Woodpecker · Robin · Goldcrest · Blue Tit · Blackbird +37
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Stoat · Mole
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- StoatMustela erminea
- MoleTalpa europaea
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Juniper Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Orsillus depressus · Green Shieldbug · Oedemera femoralis +42
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Orsillus depressusOrsillus depressus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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