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The Moors

✦ Ancient woodland24 ha

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome24 ha

Getting here

51.27090, 0.31094

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
  • 🌿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

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Great Tit, Blackbird, Goldfinch +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Tit, Blackbird, Goldfinch +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Dark Bush-cricket, 7-spot Ladybird, Beautiful Demoiselle +17 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Dark Bush-cricket, 7-spot Ladybird, Beautiful Demoiselle +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route

follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees

Named routeRegional walking route
Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Old Soar Manor, Ightham MoteWalking route11.2 km

This circular links two National Trust places, both dating back to medieval England. The trail goes through Scathes ancient woodland, into the Fairlawne Estate & onto Plaxtol Spout before returning to Ightham Mote through orchards & the Greensand Way.

Named routeLength 11.2 kmDuration 04:30Round tripLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Greensand WayWalking route
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
WealdwayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Trees off Winfield Lane

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Trees off Winfield Lane

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Large multivallate hillfort and Palaeolithic rock shelters at Oldbury HillHistoric site3.4 km→✦OXEN HOATHHistoric site3.6 km→🌱Great Comp GardenUrban park2.6 km→✦Ightham MoteHistoric site3.2 km→✦Ightham Mote Medieval moated siteHistoric site3.2 km→🌱The CommonUrban park3.3 km→

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