Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.38983, 0.52395
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
6 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +44 more · last seen 2026
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +44 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland
Grade II* listed building: FORMER GUARD HOUSE; Historic site
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Migrant Hawker, Common Darter, Long-winged Cone-head +14 more · last seen 2025
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to GrainWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Rochester Riverside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
211 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 177Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
(A2)<>(NCN1)Cycling route▾
Heron TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 179National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route▾
Photos
16 photos from nearby open sources
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Riverside Car Park · Paid · 182m
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
19,083 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,083 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds47 species
summerautumnwinter
2026Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · House Sparrow · Rock Dove
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2026Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Long-winged Cone-head · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird
+12 more speciesHide species list
All 17 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,083 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds47 species
summerautumnwinter
2026Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · House Sparrow · Rock Dove
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2026Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Long-winged Cone-head · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird
+12 more speciesHide species list
All 17 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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