South Wood is a 6.6-hectare (16-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Hempstead, south of Gillingham in Kent.

It is owned and managed by Medway Council.

[1][2] This wood was formerly used for timber, and it is now managed as a nature reserve.

It has a population of dormice, which are rare in Britain and the rest of Europe.

[1] There is access from Lamplighters Close.