Reason Hill ✦ Ancient woodland 5 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 5 ha
Places › England › South East › Maidstone Getting here
51.22912, 0.48489
Open directionsv 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 🅿️ Parking 327m 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 🅿️ Parking 327m away — 4 car parks within reach £ 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 — Starling, Robin, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Starling, Robin, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Feather-moss, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Wavy Beard-moss +29 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Common Feather-moss, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Wavy Beard-moss +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Western Conifer Seed Bug, Emperor Dragonfly, Box Tree Moth +29 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Western Conifer Seed Bug, Emperor Dragonfly, Box Tree Moth +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Scenic Green Trail Section 1 Walking route 6.4 km ▾
Named route Ref SGT1 Length 6.4 km Local walking route
Show on map Scenic Green Trail Stage 3 Walking route 8.8 km ▾
Named route Ref SGT3 Length 8.8 km Local walking route
Show on map Scenic Green Trail Stage 4 Walking route 12 km ▾
Named route Ref SGT4 Length 12 km Local walking route
Show on map Greensand Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref GW Regional walking route
Show on map Medway Valley Walk Walking route 45 km ▾
Named route Length 45 km Regional walking route
Show on map Reason Hill public footpath · 41 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 41 m Surface ground Path type: track
Show on map 17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 177 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 17 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 17 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN Regional Route 19 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 19 Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 178 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 178 National Cycle Network
Show on map N/A Cycling route 16 m ▾
Named route Ref 12 Length 16 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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
15,816 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 15,816 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Starling · Blackbird · Great Tit · Redwing · Robin +41
Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Redwing Turdus iliacus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Magpie Pica pica Tawny Owl Strix aluco Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Siskin Spinus spinus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Goldcrest Regulus regulus Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Jay Garrulus glandarius Linnet Linaria cannabina Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Greylag Goose Anser anser Swallow Hirundo rustica Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Little Egret Egretta garzetta Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Teal Anas crecca Coot Fulica atra Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024 Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Tipula maxima · Hairy Shieldbug · Stenophylax permistus · Corizus hyoscyami · Field Grasshopper +4
Tipula maxima Tipula maxima Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Stenophylax permistus Stenophylax permistus Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2024 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024 Nephrotoma flavipalpis Nephrotoma flavipalpis2024 Silky Wall Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Thickpoint Grimmia · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Pointed Spear-moss +13
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Thickpoint Grimmia Schistidium crassipilum Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata Soft-tufted Beard-moss Didymodon vinealis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 15,816 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Starling · Blackbird · Great Tit · Redwing · Robin +41
Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Redwing Turdus iliacus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Magpie Pica pica Tawny Owl Strix aluco Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Siskin Spinus spinus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Goldcrest Regulus regulus Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Jay Garrulus glandarius Linnet Linaria cannabina Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Greylag Goose Anser anser Swallow Hirundo rustica Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Little Egret Egretta garzetta Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Teal Anas crecca Coot Fulica atra Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024 Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Tipula maxima · Hairy Shieldbug · Stenophylax permistus · Corizus hyoscyami · Field Grasshopper +4
Tipula maxima Tipula maxima Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Stenophylax permistus Stenophylax permistus Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2024 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024 Nephrotoma flavipalpis Nephrotoma flavipalpis2024 Silky Wall Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Thickpoint Grimmia · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Pointed Spear-moss +13
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Thickpoint Grimmia Schistidium crassipilum Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata Soft-tufted Beard-moss Didymodon vinealis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2024
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2024
Limnephilus lunatus Limnephilus lunatus2024
Limnephilus lunatus Limnephilus lunatus2024
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2024
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2024 Green Yoke-moss
Green Yoke-moss
Zygodon viridissimus
Zygodon viridissimus
Wavy Beard-moss Didymodon sinuosus
Wavy Beard-moss Didymodon sinuosus
Squirrel-tail Moss Leucodon sciuroides
Squirrel-tail Moss Leucodon sciuroides
Small Hairy Screw-moss Syntrichia laevipila
Small Hairy Screw-moss Syntrichia laevipila
Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus
Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Creeping Feather-moss Amblystegium serpens
Creeping Feather-moss Amblystegium serpens
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Tender Feather-moss Rhynchostegiella tenella
Tender Feather-moss Rhynchostegiella tenella
Cypress-leaved Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme
Cypress-leaved Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme 