Chatham Dockyard, the Mast Pond
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌳Ancient
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.39791, 0.53127
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Herring Gull
- ✦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
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Herring Gull
- ✦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
7 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Rock Dove +43 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Rock Dove +43 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Migrant Hawker, Common Darter, Long-winged Cone-head +14 more · last seen 2026
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
1066 Harold's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route
Strood Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bath Hard LaneWalking route▾
Chattenden Woods WalkWalking route▾
216 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heron TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 179National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Gillingham<>Rainham Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route▾
NCN National Route 177Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
(A2)<>(NCN1)Cycling route▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route▾
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
North Mast Pond at Chatham Historic Dockyard
Photos
North Mast Pond at Chatham Historic Dockyard
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
19,460 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,460 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds46 species
summerautumnwinter
2025Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow
+41 more speciesHide species list
All 46 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2026Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Long-winged Cone-head · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket
+12 more speciesHide species list
All 17 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,460 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds46 species
summerautumnwinter
2025Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow
+41 more speciesHide species list
All 46 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common GullLarus canus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2026Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Long-winged Cone-head · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket
+12 more speciesHide species list
All 17 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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