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Ruxley Wood

✦ Ancient woodland4 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

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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
🛝Playground 292m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 292m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

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

ParkingPlayground

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7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Omonadus floralis · last seen 2025; Insects — Omonadus floralis · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

23 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

LOOP link to Crayford stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route

part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral

Named routeRegional walking route

Green Chain Walk section 7Walking route

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

Green Chain Walk section 9BWalking route

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Route FP144Walking route

Named routeRef FP144Local walking route

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Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCNCycling route

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LCNCycling route

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LCN 68Cycling route

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LCN 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67Local cycle route

LCN 2Cycling route

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LCN 65Cycling route

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Wildlife to spot

74,626 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

74,626 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +45

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

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Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Red Fox · Grey Squirrel

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

74,626 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +45

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Red Fox · Grey Squirrel

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

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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