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Christ Church

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Yew Tree Road Car Park 340m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Yew Tree Road Car Park 340m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Paid

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +52 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Earwig · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Earwig · last seen 2025

Free

Hiking

Moderate match

Named hiking route nearby: Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Religious grounds — local heritage

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Speldhurst Link)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Groombridge Link)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Eden Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km

Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route

High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route

Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

70 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route

NCN National Route 178Cycling route

Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route138 m

Named routeRef 12Length 138 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route90 m

Named routeLength 90 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route49 m

Named routeRef 12Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

37,598 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

37,598 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +32

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
RedwingTurdus iliacus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Mole

MoleTalpa europaea

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Palmate Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

37,598 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +32

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
RedwingTurdus iliacus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Mole

MoleTalpa europaea

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Palmate Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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