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Provender Wood

✦ Ancient woodland10 ha

📷 pam fray · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome10 ha

Getting here

51.30758, 0.82899

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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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Tamarisk-moss, Neat Feather-moss, Crimson-tuber Thread-moss +64 more · last seen 2017

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +190 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +190 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Physcia tenella · last seen 2011; Fungi — Physcia tenella · last seen 2011

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Two Creeks Circular WalkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Swale Heritage TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling

54 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Route 1Cycling route
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route48 m
Named routeRef 1Length 48 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route168 m
Named routeRef 1Length 168 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km
Named routeRef 1Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route80 m
Named routeRef 1Length 80 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Whinbourne Cottage, Provender Lane, Norton

📷 pam fray · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Whinbourne Cottage, Provender Lane, Norton

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Oare Gunpowder Works Country ParkUrban park3.7 km→🌱Oare Gunpowder Works Country ParkUrban park3.7 km→✦The site of St Saviour's Abbey, including the remains of an Iron Age farmstead and Faversham Roman villaHistoric site4.9 km→🌱Syndale Sports and Leisure CentreUrban park2.3 km→🌱Teynham Playing FieldsUrban park3.4 km→🐄Brogdale Fine FruitsVisitor farm3.5 km→

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