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Berengrave Chalk Pit Allotment

10 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 10 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 10 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +84 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +84 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eupeodes, 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly +24 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Eupeodes, 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly +24 more · last seen 2026

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 1

Varies

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to GrainWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

84 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

(A2)<>(NCN1)Cycling route

Named route

Gillingham<>Rainham Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Alternative RouteCycling route

Named route

Main RouteCycling route214 m

Named routeRef 1Length 214 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route460 m

Named routeRef 1Length 460 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

27,744 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

27,744 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Teal · Carrion Crow · Redshank · Black-headed Gull +53

RobinErithacus rubecula
TealAnas crecca
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Wood Mouse

Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus

🐝

Insects10 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes · Marmalade Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug +5

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
EupeodesEupeodes
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

27,744 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Teal · Carrion Crow · Redshank · Black-headed Gull +53

RobinErithacus rubecula
TealAnas crecca
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Wood Mouse

Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus

🐝

Insects10 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes · Marmalade Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug +5

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
EupeodesEupeodes
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Dylan Moore · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Quarry floor: Berengrave Nature Reserve

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