Chestnut Plantation - Urban woodland 1 ha
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Places › England › South East › Sevenoaks Getting here
51.25375, 0.18183
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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 451m 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 451m away — 2 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDeciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Darent Valley Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Weardale Circular Walk From Chartwell Walking route 8 km ▾
This beautiful circular walk links Chartwell and Emmetts Garden; passing through the woodland areas of Toys Hill and Hosey Common, as well as the pretty hamlet of French Street. Gentle slopes and occasional uneven terrain with steps. Potential livestock.
Named route Length 8 km Duration 03:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Weardale Walk From Emmetts Garden, Emmetts Walking route 8 km ▾
This beautiful circular walk follows a hilly route through the Weald of Kent, linking Emmetts Garden with Chartwell, the home of Winston Churchill. It also passes through the Toys Hill, Hosey Common & French Street. Steps & potential livestock.
Named route Length 8 km Duration 03:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Red Walk, Emmetts Walking route 5.6 km ▾
Named route Length 5.6 km Duration 01:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Woodland Ramble, Knole Walking route 4 km ▾
Named route Length 4 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Kraken TDC Trails Cycling route ▾
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos Woodland on Sevenoaks Common
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Wildlife to spot
9,975 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 9,975 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon +34
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 🦌 Mammals 9 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Fallow Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Mole +4
Fallow Deer Dama dama Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Mole Talpa europaea Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐝 Insects 38 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Tipula vernalis · Bibio lanigerus · Sericomyia silentis +33
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Tipula vernalis Tipula vernalis Bibio lanigerus Bibio lanigerus Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 9,975 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon +34
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 🦌 Mammals 9 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Fallow Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Mole +4
Fallow Deer Dama dama Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Mole Talpa europaea Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐝 Insects 38 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Tipula vernalis · Bibio lanigerus · Sericomyia silentis +33
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Tipula vernalis Tipula vernalis Bibio lanigerus Bibio lanigerus Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi
Badger Meles meles
Badger Meles meles Planolinoides borealis
Planolinoides borealis
Planolinoides borealis
Planolinoides borealis
Limarus zenkeri Limarus zenkeri
Limarus zenkeri Limarus zenkeri
Volinus sticticus Volinus sticticus
Volinus sticticus Volinus sticticus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Ectophasia crassipennis Ectophasia crassipennis
Ectophasia crassipennis Ectophasia crassipennis
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum
Cheilosia Cheilosia
Cheilosia Cheilosia
Turnip Tigress Athalia rosae
Turnip Tigress Athalia rosae
Tipula paludosa Tipula paludosa
Tipula paludosa Tipula paludosa
Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe grossulariae
Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe grossulariae
Tanner Beetle Prionus coriarius
Tanner Beetle Prionus coriarius
Lime Sawyer Pristiphora leucopus
Lime Sawyer Pristiphora leucopus
Orange Laggard Apethymus filiformis
Orange Laggard Apethymus filiformis
Woolly Vine Scale Insect Pulvinaria vitis
Woolly Vine Scale Insect Pulvinaria vitis
Rhabdomiris striatellus Rhabdomiris striatellus
Rhabdomiris striatellus Rhabdomiris striatellus
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Cheilosia albitarsis Cheilosia albitarsis
Cheilosia albitarsis Cheilosia albitarsis
Tipula varipennis Tipula varipennis
Tipula varipennis Tipula varipennis
Livid Sawfly Tenthredo livida
Livid Sawfly Tenthredo livida
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Rhingia rostrata Rhingia rostrata
Rhingia rostrata Rhingia rostrata
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata
Drab Elder Strider Macrophya ribis
Drab Elder Strider Macrophya ribis
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Bellardia Bellardia
Bellardia Bellardia
Anthomyia Anthomyia
Anthomyia Anthomyia
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Orange-bearded Bluebottle Calliphora vomitoria
Orange-bearded Bluebottle Calliphora vomitoria 