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Church Green

2 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Engine Room Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Engine Room Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· FreePicnic spotPlaygroundToilets

Best for

12 activities

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, toilets, picnic area

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playgrounds

Very strong match

playground, toilets, café, parking

Free

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, café, toilets, car park

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Carrion Crow +95 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Carrion Crow +95 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

WealdwayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Chattenden Woods WalkWalking route

Named route

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

Hoo Peninsula PathWalking route

Named route

Thames Estuary PathWalking route46.6 km

Named routeLength 46.6 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

73 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Heron TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 179National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route76 m

Named routeRef 1Length 76 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks

Main RouteCycling route86 m

Named routeRef 1Length 86 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route118 m

Named routeRef 1Length 118 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface pavementslabs

Wildlife to spot

15,759 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,759 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winter

2026

Coot · Carrion Crow · Teal · Mallard · Black-headed Gull +57

CootFulica atra2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,759 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winter

2026

Coot · Carrion Crow · Teal · Mallard · Black-headed Gull +57

CootFulica atra2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Kemp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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