Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.05471, 0.16557
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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 187m away — 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 187m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅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 · 15 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
School Lanepublic footpath · 158 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 158 mSurface pavedPath type: footway
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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
51,680 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
51,680 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Magpie · Nuthatch +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- 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
51,680 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Magpie · Nuthatch +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- 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 affinis2025DrosophilaDrosophila2025DrosophilaDrosophila2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025Limnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsus2025Limnephilus sparsusLimnephilus sparsus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Allygus mixtusAllygus mixtus2025Allygus mixtusAllygus mixtus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025