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Coastal Park

111 ha

📷 Marathon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome111 ha

Getting here

51.39150, 0.93273

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Black-headed Gull
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 329m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Black-headed Gull
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 329m away — 2 car parks within reach

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Oystercatcher, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon +96 more · last seen 2026; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Oystercatcher, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon +96 more · last seen 2026; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat

Insect spotting

Strong match

Free

Insects — Pouting Woodlouse-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Scaeva pyrastri +14 more · last seen 2025

Dog walks

Strong match

Free

Dogs allowed with public access

Waterside walks

Good match

Varies

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Family friendly

Good match

Free

Urban park — family destination

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route▾

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

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2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route961 m▾

Named routeRef 1Length 961 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

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Horse riding

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1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

17,852 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

17,852 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds99 species

winterautumn

2026

Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Magpie

+94 more species

All 99 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Great TitParus major2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Little TernSternula albifrons2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025

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Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Mole · Brown Hare

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Insects17 species

springsummer

2025

Pouting Woodlouse-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Scaeva pyrastri · Eupeodes · Firebug

+12 more species

All 17 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Pouting Woodlouse-flyRhinophora lepida
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
EupeodesEupeodes
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

17,852 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds99 species

winterautumn

2026

Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Magpie

+94 more species

All 99 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Great TitParus major2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Little TernSternula albifrons2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025

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Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Mole · Brown Hare

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Insects17 species

springsummer

2025

Pouting Woodlouse-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Scaeva pyrastri · Eupeodes · Firebug

+12 more species

All 17 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Pouting Woodlouse-flyRhinophora lepida
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
EupeodesEupeodes
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

15 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Marathon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

A dyke at Leysdown Coastal Park

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Photos

📷 Marathon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

A dyke at Leysdown Coastal Park

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Parking

2 nearby · 329m

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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