Podlinge Wood
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.18703, 1.02422
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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
- 📍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, Woodpigeon, Robin +51 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Brimstone, Large White, Speckled Wood +138 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — False Oat-grass, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Common Bent +48 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Wye National Nature Reserve Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route982 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 982 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
2,397 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,397 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Wren · Pied Wagtail · Great Tit +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common GullLarus canus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Bank Vole
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2024
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2024
🐝Insects32 species
springsummer
2025▾
Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Volucella bombylans +27
- Sickle-bearing Bush-cricketPhaneroptera falcata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Bedstraw · Wild Carrot · Crested Dog's-tail · Yellow-rattle · Selfheal +15
- BedstrawGalium
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,397 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Wren · Pied Wagtail · Great Tit +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common GullLarus canus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Bank Vole
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2024
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2024
🐝Insects32 species
springsummer
2025▾
Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Volucella bombylans +27
- Sickle-bearing Bush-cricketPhaneroptera falcata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Bedstraw · Wild Carrot · Crested Dog's-tail · Yellow-rattle · Selfheal +15
- BedstrawGalium
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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