Old Park Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 123 ha
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Free entry Dogs welcome 123 ha
Places › England › South East › Tunbridge Wells Getting here
51.11956, 0.49973
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom 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 🍄 Mushroom 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🌳 Large woodland — room to roam🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Spotted Flycatcher, Tawny Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Spotted Flycatcher, Tawny Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Feather-moss, Elegant Silk-moss, Creeping Feather-moss +75 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Pertusaria pertusa, Lepra amara, Cliostomum griffithii +20 more · last seen 2011; Fungi — Pertusaria pertusa, Lepra amara, Cliostomum griffithii +20 more · last seen 2011
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Comma, Large White +34 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Peacock, Comma, Large White +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
High Weald Landscape Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HWLT Listed length 145km Regional walking route
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Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 18 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 4.9 km ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 4.9 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 1.1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 187 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 187 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 628 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 628 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 9.5 km ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 9.5 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike Trail Mountain bike route ▾
✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
1,506 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,506 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Spotted Flycatcher · Marsh Tit · Great Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Chaffinch +38
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Great Tit Parus major Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Redwing Turdus iliacus Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Blackbird Turdus merula Tawny Owl Strix aluco Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Raven Corvus corax2023 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Magpie Pica pica2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Rabbit · Fallow Deer
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Fallow Deer Dama dama2024 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2023 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 6 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Glow-worm · Black Clock · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Broad-bodied Chaser +1
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Black Clock Pterostichus madidus Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2024 Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2023 Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2023 Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Silky Forklet-moss · Elegant Silk-moss · Cylindric Beard-moss · Common Smoothcap +9
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum Silky Forklet-moss Dicranella heteromalla Elegant Silk-moss Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum Twist-tip Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium schleicheri Rough-stalked Feather-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,506 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Spotted Flycatcher · Marsh Tit · Great Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Chaffinch +38
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Great Tit Parus major Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Redwing Turdus iliacus Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Blackbird Turdus merula Tawny Owl Strix aluco Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Raven Corvus corax2023 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Magpie Pica pica2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Rabbit · Fallow Deer
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Fallow Deer Dama dama2024 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2023 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 6 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Glow-worm · Black Clock · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Broad-bodied Chaser +1
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Black Clock Pterostichus madidus Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2024 Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2023 Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2023 Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Silky Forklet-moss · Elegant Silk-moss · Cylindric Beard-moss · Common Smoothcap +9
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum Silky Forklet-moss Dicranella heteromalla Elegant Silk-moss Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum Twist-tip Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium schleicheri Rough-stalked Feather-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hornet Vespa crabro2022
Hornet Vespa crabro2022 Brachythecium rutabulum2022
Brachythecium rutabulum2022
Pink-fruited Thread-moss Pohlia melanodon2022
Pink-fruited Thread-moss Pohlia melanodon2022
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis2022
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis2022
Appleyard's Feather-moss Scleropodium cespitans2022
Appleyard's Feather-moss Scleropodium cespitans2022
Bordered Screw-moss Tortula marginata2022
Bordered Screw-moss Tortula marginata2022
Streblotrichum convolutum Streblotrichum convolutum2022
Streblotrichum convolutum Streblotrichum convolutum2022
Notched Pouchwort Calypogeia arguta2022
Notched Pouchwort Calypogeia arguta2022
Cylindric Ditrichum Trichodon cylindricus2022
Cylindric Ditrichum Trichodon cylindricus2022 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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