Capstone Farm Country Park
154 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome154 ha
Getting here
51.35320, 0.55399
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +46 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +46 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Darter, Migrant Hawker +31 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Dogs allowed with public access
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
182 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
(A2)<>(NCN1)Cycling route▾
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Gillingham<>Rainham Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route▾
Main RouteCycling route214 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 214 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Capstone Farm Country Park, Chatham
Photos
Capstone Farm Country Park, Chatham
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Capstone Farm Country Park · 258m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
43,245 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
43,245 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Great Tit
+44 more speciesHide species list
All 49 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- SwiftApus apus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Field Vole · Mole
+4 more speciesHide species list
All 9 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Hedgehog
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummerautumn
2025Common Frog · Smooth Newt
🐝Insects34 species
springsummer
2026Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Batman Hoverfly · Large Red Damselfly
+29 more speciesHide species list
All 34 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
43,245 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Great Tit
+44 more speciesHide species list
All 49 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- SwiftApus apus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Field Vole · Mole
+4 more speciesHide species list
All 9 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Hedgehog
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummerautumn
2025Common Frog · Smooth Newt
🐝Insects34 species
springsummer
2026Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Batman Hoverfly · Large Red Damselfly
+29 more speciesHide species list
All 34 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Erinaceus europaeus2025
Erinaceus europaeus2025
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025BadgerMeles meles2025BadgerMeles meles2025Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025Brown RatRattus norvegicus20252025
2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2025Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2025FirebugPyrrhocoris apterusFirebugPyrrhocoris apterusJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2025Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2025Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2025Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2025Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025Macrophya albicinctaMacrophya albicincta2025Macrophya albicinctaMacrophya albicincta2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2025Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2025Bryony LadybirdHenosepilachna argus2025Bryony LadybirdHenosepilachna argus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025UroleuconUroleucon2025UroleuconUroleucon2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Leptopterna ferrugataLeptopterna ferrugata2025Leptopterna ferrugataLeptopterna ferrugata2025Cryptocephalus bipunctatusCryptocephalus bipunctatus2025Cryptocephalus bipunctatusCryptocephalus bipunctatus2025Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2025Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2025Tree HopperCentrotus cornutus2025Tree HopperCentrotus cornutus2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Tachina feraTachina fera2025Tachina feraTachina fera2025AnthomyiaAnthomyia2025AnthomyiaAnthomyia202512-spot StriderMacrophya duodecimpunctata202512-spot StriderMacrophya duodecimpunctata2025Events & activities nearby
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