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🐶Dogs🌲Walks🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
51.08003, 1.06555
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — country park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Country park — designed for family visits
Free
Country park — good for group day out
Free
Country park — managed habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Moderate match
Country park — mixed habitats
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Camber to FolkestoneWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
The Coppicepublic footpath · 67 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 67 mPath type: unclassified
39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
NCN National Route 172Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 172National Cycle Network
Canal PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cinque Ports CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Old London Roadbyway open to all traffic · 643 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 643 mPath type: track
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
41,064 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
41,064 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mandarin Duck · Turtle Dove · Mediterranean Gull · Raven · Firecrest +48
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Common Shrew
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐝Insects52 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Red-legged Shieldbug +47
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Pointed Spear-moss · Maidenhair Pocket-moss
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Maidenhair Pocket-mossFissidens adianthoides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,064 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mandarin Duck · Turtle Dove · Mediterranean Gull · Raven · Firecrest +48
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Common Shrew
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐝Insects52 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Red-legged Shieldbug +47
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Pointed Spear-moss · Maidenhair Pocket-moss
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Maidenhair Pocket-mossFissidens adianthoides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
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Episyrphus balteatus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusCabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleraceaCabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansDryomyza anilisDryomyza anilisDryomyza anilisDryomyza anilisTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumEristalis nemorumEristalis nemorumEristalis nemorumEristalis nemorumAdonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegataAdonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataTipula maximaTipula maximaTipula maximaTipula maximaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaVolucella inflataVolucella inflataVolucella inflataVolucella inflataEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaOrchestes quercusOrchestes quercusOrchestes quercusOrchestes quercusLesser CockroachCapraiellus panzeriLesser CockroachCapraiellus panzeriOrchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorumCheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrataCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaTaeniapion urticariumTaeniapion urticariumTaeniapion urticariumTaeniapion urticariumMelangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarumEpistrophe diaphanaEpistrophe diaphanaEpistrophe diaphanaEpistrophe diaphanaEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumDyroderes umbraculatusDyroderes umbraculatusDyroderes umbraculatusDyroderes umbraculatusEristalinus sepulchralisEristalinus sepulchralisEristalinus sepulchralisEristalinus sepulchralisPatchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularisPatchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularisGreater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestrisGreater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestrisEurydema (Eurydema) ornataEurydema (Eurydema) ornataEurydema (Eurydema) ornataEurydema (Eurydema) ornataLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnis14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaRhingia campestrisRhingia campestrisRhingia campestrisRhingia campestrisEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxXanthogramma citrofasciatumXanthogramma citrofasciatumXanthogramma citrofasciatumXanthogramma citrofasciatumNephrotoma flavipalpisNephrotoma flavipalpisNephrotoma flavipalpisNephrotoma flavipalpis