Platt Hill Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 9 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 9 ha
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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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ 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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 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 — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Robin +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Robin +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Forked Veilwort, Bank Haircap · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Small Heath +58 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Small Heath +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named hiking route nearby: North Downs Way (Eastern)
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
North Downs Way (Eastern) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map Wealdway Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Oldbury Hill, Ightham Mote Walking route 8.8 km ▾
Enjoy this scenic circular walk from Ightham Mote to Oldbury Hill, which offers fine views across the Kentish countryside while passing through an area of mixed woodland as well as fish ponds and an old quarry, possibly dating to the Roman period.
Named route Length 8.8 km Duration 03:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Oftord to Canterbury Cathedral Walking route ▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Pilgrims Way byway open to all traffic · 1.1 km ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 1.1 km Surface gravel Path type: track
Show on map Hognore Lane byway open to all traffic · 415 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 415 m Surface gravel Path type: track
Show on map ✦ 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
9,640 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 9,640 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Song Thrush · Robin · Blue Tit · Tawny Owl +30
Blackbird Turdus merula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Tawny Owl Strix aluco Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes House Sparrow Passer domesticus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goldcrest Regulus regulus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Tit Parus major Nuthatch Sitta europaea Dunnock Prunella modularis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Magpie Pica pica Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Little Owl Athene noctua Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Rook Corvus frugilegus Linnet Linaria cannabina Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Jay Garrulus glandarius Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 🦌 Mammals 5 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Red Fox · Hazel Dormouse · Eurasian Serotine · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2024 Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Badger Meles meles2024 Slow-worm · Common Lizard
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small Heath · Common Blue · Chalk Hill Blue +15
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024 Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2024 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2024 Chalk Hill Blue Polyommatus coridon2024 Rufous Grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus Forked Veilwort · Bank Haircap
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 9,640 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Song Thrush · Robin · Blue Tit · Tawny Owl +30
Blackbird Turdus merula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Tawny Owl Strix aluco Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes House Sparrow Passer domesticus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goldcrest Regulus regulus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Tit Parus major Nuthatch Sitta europaea Dunnock Prunella modularis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Magpie Pica pica Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Little Owl Athene noctua Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Rook Corvus frugilegus Linnet Linaria cannabina Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Jay Garrulus glandarius Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 🦌 Mammals 5 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Red Fox · Hazel Dormouse · Eurasian Serotine · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2024 Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Badger Meles meles2024 Slow-worm · Common Lizard
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small Heath · Common Blue · Chalk Hill Blue +15
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024 Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2024 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2024 Chalk Hill Blue Polyommatus coridon2024 Rufous Grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus Forked Veilwort · Bank Haircap
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Large White Pieris brassicae2024
Large White Pieris brassicae2024
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2024
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2024
Sallow Pea-galler Euura pedunculi
Sallow Pea-galler Euura pedunculi
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024
Aphrophora alni Aphrophora alni
Aphrophora alni Aphrophora alni
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus
Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus
Phyllaphis fagi Phyllaphis fagi
Phyllaphis fagi Phyllaphis fagi
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2024
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2024
Small White Pieris rapae2024
Small White Pieris rapae2024
Liparus coronatus Liparus coronatus2024
Liparus coronatus Liparus coronatus2024 