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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.34964, 0.58189
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Best for
7 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Dogs allowed with public access
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 7 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
99 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 route460 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 460 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route▾
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
102,823 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
102,823 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds52 species
autumnwinter
2026Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Robin · Black-headed Gull
+47 more speciesHide species list
All 52 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals8 species
autumnwinter
2026Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Brown Rat · Red Fox · Mole
+3 more speciesHide species list
All 8 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
102,823 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds52 species
autumnwinter
2026Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Robin · Black-headed Gull
+47 more speciesHide species list
All 52 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals8 species
autumnwinter
2026Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Brown Rat · Red Fox · Mole
+3 more speciesHide species list
All 8 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Domestic Dog
Domestic Dog
Canis lupus subsp. familiaris2025
Canis lupus subsp. familiaris2025
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