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Ordnance Plantation

7 ha

WildlifeBirdsDogs

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Upper Upnor Car Park 43m away — 4 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
🅿️Upper Upnor Car Park 43m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, House Sparrow +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, House Sparrow +42 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to Grain

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 1

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Migrant Hawker, Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird +5 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Migrant Hawker, Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird +5 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

14 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

1066 Harold's WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km

Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route

Strood Community TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bath Hard LaneWalking route

Named route

Chattenden Woods WalkWalking route

Named route

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Cycling

223 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Heron TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 179National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 17Cycling route

Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network

Gillingham<>Rainham Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Alternative RouteCycling route

Named route

NCN National Route 177Cycling route

Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network

(A2)<>(NCN1)Cycling route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

17,090 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

17,090 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds26 species

winter

2026

Magpie · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Rock Dove +21

MagpiePica pica2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Badger

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
BadgerMeles meles

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

17,090 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds26 species

winter

2026

Magpie · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Rock Dove +21

MagpiePica pica2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Badger

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
BadgerMeles meles

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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