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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.05578, 0.16718
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️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
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Birch Shieldbug, Southern Hawker, Common Red Soldier Beetle +136 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km▾
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
Tunbridge Wells Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Chequers Closepublic footpath · 58 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 58 mPath type: residential
Poundfield Footpathpublic footpath · 187 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 187 mPath type: footway
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route4.5 km▾
Named routeRef 21Length 4.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 21Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route62 m▾
Named routeLength 62 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.4 km▾
Named routeRef 21Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
49,316 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
49,316 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Goldcrest +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Feral Cat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Scathophaga stercoraria · Limnephilus flavicornis · Spotted-winged Drosophila · 7-spot Ladybird · Limnephilus lunatus +15
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Limnephilus flavicornisLimnephilus flavicornis2025
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Hawthorn · Holly
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
49,316 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Goldcrest +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Feral Cat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Scathophaga stercoraria · Limnephilus flavicornis · Spotted-winged Drosophila · 7-spot Ladybird · Limnephilus lunatus +15
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Limnephilus flavicornisLimnephilus flavicornis2025
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Hawthorn · Holly
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025PolietesPolietes2025PolietesPolietes2025Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025Limnephilus affinisLimnephilus affinis2025Limnephilus affinisLimnephilus affinis2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025DrosophilaDrosophila2025DrosophilaDrosophila2025Limnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsus2025Limnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Allygus mixtusAllygus mixtus2025Allygus mixtusAllygus mixtus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025