Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
51.26682, 1.08293
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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
- 🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🎳Bowling greens
Very strong match
Bowling green
Paid
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Canterbury Middle Ring Walk
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Black TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
Lime Kiln Roadpublic footpath · 196 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 196 mPath type: service
202 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 183Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 183National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Great Stour WayCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
14,063 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,063 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow +39
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Field Vole · Red Fox · Hedgehog +2
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Wood Mouse
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects24 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Parent Bug · Green Shieldbug · Birch Shieldbug +19
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
- Stag Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,063 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow +39
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Field Vole · Red Fox · Hedgehog +2
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Wood Mouse
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects24 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Parent Bug · Green Shieldbug · Birch Shieldbug +19
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
- Stag Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Apodemus sylvaticus
Apodemus sylvaticus
BeaverCastor fiber2025BeaverCastor fiber2025Lucanus cervus2025
Lucanus cervus2025
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2025Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Bicolorous SawflyHemichroa australis2025Bicolorous SawflyHemichroa australis2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Liparus coronatusLiparus coronatus2025Liparus coronatusLiparus coronatus202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025