Brenchley Wood peacock butterfly on the flowering bluebells
Beth Hukins

Legacy Landscapes: Brenchley Wood

This secluded reserve is home to many special plants and animals such as wood mice, woodpeckers, speckled wood butterflies, bluebells and common spotted orchid. You can help protect it for future generations with your gift. Start your dedication today by clicking the 'choose your plot' button below, choosing a plot from the map shown and add your dedication text.

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Brenchley Wood in Pembury is home to majestic beech and oak trees and pockets of heathland habitat. These areas of heath represent a rare habitat for Kent; over 80% of British lowland heath has been lost since 1800, so it is vital that we afford this unique habitat the protection it deserves.

The rich woodland at Brenchley Wood provides food and shelter to hundreds of plants and animals, including familiar woodland birds such as woodpeckers, tits, treecreepers and goldcrests. Mature oak trees support an array of beetles and fungi, and sunny rides attract colourful red admirals and peacock butterflies.

Autumnal woods.
© Szuzsanna Bird

Help save our woodlands

Woodlands cover a mere 2.5% of the UK. It is crucial that we do everything we can to protect the invaluable woodlands that we have left. Please help us to ensure that Brenchley Wood remains a part of Kent’s wild legacy by sponsoring a quarter acre or more today.

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Learn more about Brenchley Wood

Sponsoring a section of Brenchley Wood helps to keep it alive and helps us continue our vital work for wildlife.

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