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🌱 Urban park

Rectory Playing Fields

20 ha

Getting here

51.33476, 0.74979

Best for

4 activities

Playgrounds

Free82%

playground, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

4

4 named nearby

Named route
🚴

Cycling

69

69 named nearby

Named route

Named routes and paths nearby

Saxon Shore Way · Walking262 km
Augustine Camino · Walking0
NCN National Route 1 · Cycling0
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to Iwade · Walking0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling

About this urban park

Rectory Playing Fields is a urban park covering 20 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Houses on Canterbury Road, Snipeshill

Houses on Canterbury Road, Snipeshill

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

🅿️

Parking

2 nearby · 415m

🛝

Playground

80m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

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