Thornden Wood - Mixed woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.32952, 1.07530
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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach
- £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 km12 signed routes nearby · 10 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
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
New Roadpublic footpath · 1 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1 kmSurface compactedPath type: track
144 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
NCN National Route 1 Dover to CanterburyCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Crab & Winkle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Photos
View along the silver birch lined Thornden Wood Road
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Wildlife to spot
31,921 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,921 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Peregrine · Mediterranean Gull · Woodpigeon · Hobby · Jay +20
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Pygmy Shrew · Badger
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects39 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Orange Ladybird +34
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,921 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Peregrine · Mediterranean Gull · Woodpigeon · Hobby · Jay +20
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Pygmy Shrew · Badger
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects39 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Orange Ladybird +34
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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