Abbot's Mill and sluice at Blackfriars Street
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.28247, 1.08015
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Beano Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Beano Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
Mammals — Rabbit, Grey Squirrel, Red Fox +11 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site; Grade I listed building nearby: THE FORMER BLACKFRIARS MONASTERY
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Box Bug +13 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Capillary Thread-moss, Common Feather-moss · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Black TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
Kirby's Lanepublic footpath · 47 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 47 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Hackington Placepublic footpath · 17 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 17 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Kirby's Lanepublic footpath · 9 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 9 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
206 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 183Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 183National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Great Stour WayCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
18,545 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,545 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Song Thrush · Magpie +8
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Rabbit · Brown Rat · Red Fox +5
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Mountain HareLepus timidus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,545 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Song Thrush · Magpie +8
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Rabbit · Brown Rat · Red Fox +5
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Mountain HareLepus timidus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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