Killing Wood - Woodland plantation
1 ha
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🐶Dogs🥾Hiking🌲Walks
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.10333, 1.16988
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named hiking route nearby: European walking route E9, Rye to Dover
Free
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Corridors to the countrysideWalking route▾
Follow the kestrel to the DownsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Camber to FolkestoneWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
82 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Canal PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cinque Ports CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
SeafrontCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
to Folkestone WestCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
25,681 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
25,681 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Firecrest · Wheatear · Blackcap · Chiffchaff · Little Egret +48
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meadow Grasshopper · Field Grasshopper · Blue-winged Grasshopper · Speckled Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug +48
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Blue-winged GrasshopperOedipoda caerulescens2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,681 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Firecrest · Wheatear · Blackcap · Chiffchaff · Little Egret +48
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meadow Grasshopper · Field Grasshopper · Blue-winged Grasshopper · Speckled Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug +48
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Blue-winged GrasshopperOedipoda caerulescens2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dock Bug
Dock Bug
Coreus marginatus2025
Coreus marginatus2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2025Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2025Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2025Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Biphyllus lunatusBiphyllus lunatusBiphyllus lunatusBiphyllus lunatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiparus coronatusLiparus coronatusLiparus coronatusLiparus coronatusHop Root WeevilMitoplinthus caliginosusHop Root WeevilMitoplinthus caliginosusEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansPlatyderus depressusPlatyderus depressusPlatyderus depressusPlatyderus depressusSphaerosoma pilosumSphaerosoma pilosumSphaerosoma pilosumSphaerosoma pilosumAnommatusAnommatusAnommatusAnommatusCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataParadromius linearisParadromius linearis2025Paradromius linearisParadromius linearis2025ByturusByturus2025ByturusByturus2025OedemeraOedemera2025OedemeraOedemera2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima2025Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima2025PolleniaPollenia2025PolleniaPollenia2025Beosus maritimusBeosus maritimus2025Beosus maritimusBeosus maritimus2025Phania funestaPhania funesta2025Phania funestaPhania funesta202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatusRhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatusRhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Tawny CockroachEctobius pallidus2025Tawny CockroachEctobius pallidus2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Xanthogramma citrofasciatumXanthogramma citrofasciatum2025Xanthogramma citrofasciatumXanthogramma citrofasciatum2025Small Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha goettingensis2025Small Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha goettingensis2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2024Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2024Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2024Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2024Gymnosoma rotundatumGymnosoma rotundatum2024Gymnosoma rotundatumGymnosoma rotundatum2024Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus2024Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus2024Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Events & activities nearby
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