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Redlibbets Golf Club

✦ Ancient woodland5 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 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
🅿️Parking 353m away — 2 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 353m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

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

Parking

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8 activities

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 — Redwing, Dunnock, Carrion Crow +49 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Redwing, Dunnock, Carrion Crow +49 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Western Honey Bee, Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +60 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Darent Valley PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Circular Walk from Darent Valley Path DWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

1066 Harold's WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

WealdwayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 177Cycling route

Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route89 m

Named routeLength 89 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.7 km

Named routeRef 177Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route40 m

Named routeLength 40 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route732 m

Named routeRef 177Length 732 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

13,764 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,764 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

spring

2026

Redwing · Dunnock · Starling · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow +29

RedwingTurdus iliacus
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great TitParus major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Hazel Dormouse · Brown Long-eared Bat · Wood Mouse +1

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2023

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects25 species

summer

2025

Bombus lucorum · Western Honey Bee · Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee +20

Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2024
Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
HornetVespa crabro2023
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2023
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Rugged Oil-beetleMeloe rugosus2022
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,764 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

spring

2026

Redwing · Dunnock · Starling · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow +29

RedwingTurdus iliacus
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great TitParus major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Hazel Dormouse · Brown Long-eared Bat · Wood Mouse +1

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2023

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects25 species

summer

2025

Bombus lucorum · Western Honey Bee · Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee +20

Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2024
Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
HornetVespa crabro2023
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2023
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Rugged Oil-beetleMeloe rugosus2022
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022

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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