Wouldham Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 41 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 41 ha
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51.35295, 0.37924
Open directionsv 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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ 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 — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Feather-moss, Fox-tail Feather-moss, Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme +26 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Glow-worm, Lunar Underwing, Beaded Chestnut +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Oftord to Canterbury Cathedral Walking route ▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Tree Trail, Cobham Mausoleum & Woods Walking route 1.6 km ▾
Cobham Wood is a 77ha wood pasture restoration project, home to ancient & veteran trees which have made the site an important habitat for wood decay insects and bats. Look for the numbered posts to find the next tree along the trail. Potential livestock.
Named route Length 1.6 km Duration 00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Main Trail, Cobham Mausoleum & Woods Walking route 1.8 km ▾
Named route Length 1.8 km Duration 00:45 Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map North Downs Way (Eastern) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 1066 Harold's Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 177 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 177 Length 1.1 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Chandlers Hill byway open to all traffic · 65 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 65 m Path type: track
Show on map Plug Lane byway open to all traffic · 385 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 385 m Path type: track
Show on map Chandlers Hill byway open to all traffic · 175 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 175 m Path type: track
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
9,690 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 9,690 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Goldfinch +42
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Raven Corvus corax2025 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Hobby Falco subbuteo2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Hazel Dormouse
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2024 ▾
Common Toad
Glow-worm · Iassus scutellaris · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket · Orange Ladybird +2
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Iassus scutellaris Iassus scutellaris2024 Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2024 Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2024 Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2024 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme · Clustered Feather-moss · Creeping Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Common Pocket-moss +13
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum Creeping Feather-moss Amblystegium serpens Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius Fox-tail Feather-moss Thamnobryum alopecurum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 9,690 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Goldfinch +42
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Raven Corvus corax2025 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Hobby Falco subbuteo2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Hazel Dormouse
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2024 ▾
Common Toad
Glow-worm · Iassus scutellaris · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket · Orange Ladybird +2
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Iassus scutellaris Iassus scutellaris2024 Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2024 Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2024 Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2024 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme · Clustered Feather-moss · Creeping Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Common Pocket-moss +13
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum Creeping Feather-moss Amblystegium serpens Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius Fox-tail Feather-moss Thamnobryum alopecurum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024
Silesian Feather-moss Herzogiella seligeri
Silesian Feather-moss Herzogiella seligeri
Pink-fruited Thread-moss Pohlia melanodon
Pink-fruited Thread-moss Pohlia melanodon
Endive Pellia Pellia endiviifolia
Endive Pellia Pellia endiviifolia
Common Striated Feather-moss Eurhynchium striatum
Common Striated Feather-moss Eurhynchium striatum
Short-leaved Pocket-moss Fissidens incurvus
Short-leaved Pocket-moss Fissidens incurvus
Red Beard-moss Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Red Beard-moss Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Fallacious Beard-moss Didymodon fallax
Fallacious Beard-moss Didymodon fallax
Wavy Beard-moss Didymodon sinuosus
Wavy Beard-moss Didymodon sinuosus
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis
Yellow Feather-moss Homalothecium lutescens
Yellow Feather-moss Homalothecium lutescens
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata
Dwarf Feather-moss Microeurhynchium pumilum
Dwarf Feather-moss Microeurhynchium pumilum Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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