Cheriton Recreation Ground
7 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.08931, 1.13971
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Chaffinch
- ☀️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
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Chaffinch
- ☀️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
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wren, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Wren, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +254 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Corridors to the countrysideWalking route▾
Follow the kestrel to the DownsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal 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
88 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
SeafrontCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
to Folkestone WestCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
21,390 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,390 records · National Biodiversity NetworkFirecrest · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Blackcap · Jackdaw +32
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Rabbit · Bat
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BatChiroptera
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Field Grasshopper · Marmalade Hoverfly · Speckled Bush-cricket · Meadow Grasshopper · Blue-winged Grasshopper +56
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- Blue-winged GrasshopperOedipoda caerulescens2025
Forked Veilwort · Minute Pouncewort
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
- Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,390 records · National Biodiversity NetworkFirecrest · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Blackcap · Jackdaw +32
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Rabbit · Bat
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BatChiroptera
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Field Grasshopper · Marmalade Hoverfly · Speckled Bush-cricket · Meadow Grasshopper · Blue-winged Grasshopper +56
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- Blue-winged GrasshopperOedipoda caerulescens2025
Forked Veilwort · Minute Pouncewort
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
- Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Shieldbug
Green Shieldbug
Palomena prasina2025
Palomena prasina2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2025Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisHop Root WeevilMitoplinthus caliginosusHop Root WeevilMitoplinthus caliginosusCarabid BeetleCarabidaeCarabid BeetleCarabidaeSilver FishLepisma saccharinumSilver FishLepisma saccharinumPlatyderus depressusPlatyderus depressusPlatyderus depressusPlatyderus depressusSphaerosoma pilosumSphaerosoma pilosumSphaerosoma pilosumSphaerosoma pilosumCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae2025LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Platycis minutusPlatycis minutus2025Platycis minutusPlatycis minutus2025ByturusByturus2025ByturusByturus2025OedemeraOedemera2025OedemeraOedemera2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Greater Streaked ShieldbugOdontoscelis (Odontoscelis) fuliginosa2025Greater Streaked ShieldbugOdontoscelis (Odontoscelis) fuliginosa2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Red-veined DarterSympetrum fonscolombii2025Red-veined DarterSympetrum fonscolombii2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025EurygasterEurygaster2025EurygasterEurygaster2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025PolleniaPollenia2025PolleniaPollenia2025Beosus maritimusBeosus maritimus2025Beosus maritimusBeosus maritimus2025Phania funestaPhania funesta2025Phania funestaPhania funesta202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatusRhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatusRhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Tawny CockroachEctobius pallidus2025Tawny CockroachEctobius pallidus2025Dimorphic StriderMacrophya montana2025Dimorphic StriderMacrophya montana2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2025Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Events & activities nearby
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