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Oasthouse Wood

✦ Ancient woodland20 ha

📷 Marathon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

WildlifeForagingSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome20 ha

Getting here

51.05854, 0.70203

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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
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens

Free

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route
Named routeRef E9International walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5 km
Named routeRef 18Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route47 m
Named routeRef 18Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route346 m
Named routeRef 18Length 346 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route16 m
Named routeRef 18Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route36 m
Named routeRef 18Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Old footbridge in Ratsbury Wood

📷 Marathon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Old footbridge in Ratsbury Wood

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Millennium GardenUrban park1.4 km→⛪St Mildred's ChurchReligious grounds1.5 km→🌱Hookstead GreenUrban park4.9 km→🌱Hookstead GreenUrban park4.9 km→🌱Small Hythe Cricket GroundUrban park900 m→🌱St John the Baptist's ChurchUrban park2.2 km→

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