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Old House Wood

✦ Ancient woodland3 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome3 ha

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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

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞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

Walking trails

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Firecrest, Raven, Barn Owl +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Firecrest, Raven, Barn Owl +62 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Holly, Hogweed, Wood Avens +61 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Holly, Hogweed, Wood Avens +61 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Common Nettle, Hazel +10 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Kite-tailed Robberfly, Green Shieldbug, Platycheirus +4 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Kite-tailed Robberfly, Green Shieldbug, Platycheirus +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Stour Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route

North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Augustine CaminoWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Beech Walk & SculpturesWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route

follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route1.3 km

Named routeRef 18Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.1 km

Named routeRef 18Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route797 m

Named routeRef 18Length 797 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route823 m

Named routeRef 18Length 823 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

7,809 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,809 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Red Kite · Firecrest · Raven · Barn Owl · Turtle Dove +66

Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2025
GoshawkAstur gentilis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Common GullLarus canus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Brown Hare

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
BadgerMeles meles2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summer

2025

Slow-worm · Common Lizard

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects7 species

springsummer

2025

Kite-tailed Robberfly · Green Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Platycheirus · Xanthogramma pedissequum +2

Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
Fig GallTetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmi2024

🌿

Plants64 species

springautumn

2024

Holly · Hogweed · Wood Avens · Common Nettle · False-brome +59

HollyIlex aquifolium
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
HazelCorylus avellana
CleaversGalium aparine
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
DandelionTaraxacum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
IvyHedera helix
Black BryonyTamus communis
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis
ElderSambucus nigra
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
BeechFagus sylvatica
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023
Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
CharlockSinapis arvensis
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023
BroomCytisus scoparius2023
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2023
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Common WhitebeamSorbus aria2023
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2023
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2023
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2023
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2023
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
Field MapleAcer campestre2023
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023
Fat-henChenopodium album2023
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023
NipplewortLapsana communis2023
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2023
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2023
Dog-roseRosa canina2023
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2023
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,809 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Red Kite · Firecrest · Raven · Barn Owl · Turtle Dove +66

Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2025
GoshawkAstur gentilis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Common GullLarus canus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Brown Hare

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
BadgerMeles meles2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summer

2025

Slow-worm · Common Lizard

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects7 species

springsummer

2025

Kite-tailed Robberfly · Green Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Platycheirus · Xanthogramma pedissequum +2

Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
Fig GallTetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmi2024

🌿

Plants64 species

springautumn

2024

Holly · Hogweed · Wood Avens · Common Nettle · False-brome +59

HollyIlex aquifolium
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
HazelCorylus avellana
CleaversGalium aparine
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
DandelionTaraxacum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
IvyHedera helix
Black BryonyTamus communis
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis
ElderSambucus nigra
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
BeechFagus sylvatica
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023
Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
CharlockSinapis arvensis
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023
BroomCytisus scoparius2023
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2023
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Common WhitebeamSorbus aria2023
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2023
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2023
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2023
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2023
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
Field MapleAcer campestre2023
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023
Fat-henChenopodium album2023
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023
NipplewortLapsana communis2023
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2023
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2023
Dog-roseRosa canina2023
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2023
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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