Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Darenth Park
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.43318, 0.25128
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Robin +90 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Robin +90 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Banded Demoiselle, White-legged Damselfly +25 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Giant Blackberry, Giant Hogweed · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Circular Walk from Darent Valley Path DWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Slade Green stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Crayford stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route▾
part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral
Named routeRegional walking route
Darent Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
161 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69Local cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Dartford Crossing Shuttle (South)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef ShuttleRegional cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 177Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
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War memorial in former cemetery at Darenth Valley Country Park
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Wildlife to spot
9,543 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,543 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Canada Goose +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Badger · Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
White-legged Damselfly · Firebug · Common Rose Fusehorn · Field Grasshopper · Brown Hawker +9
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,543 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Canada Goose +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Badger · Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
White-legged Damselfly · Firebug · Common Rose Fusehorn · Field Grasshopper · Brown Hawker +9
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
2025
2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025NotiophilusNotiophilus2025NotiophilusNotiophilus2025