Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.36723, 0.21192
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Coot
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Riverside Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Coot
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Riverside Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Coot, Moorhen +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF SAINT MARTIN; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Mallard, Coot, Moorhen +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Darent Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Samuel Palmer TrailWalking route▾
Immerse yourself in the life, work and inspiration of Samuel Palmer on an audio-guided journey through Shoreham and surrounding areas.
Named routeLocal walking route
Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route▾
part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral
Named routeRegional walking route
Photos
Eynsford : lych-gate, Church of St Martin
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
11,482 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,482 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Great Crested Grebe · Blackbird +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Great TitParus major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GadwallMareca strepera
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Red Fox
Red-legged Shieldbug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird +13
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,482 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Great Crested Grebe · Blackbird +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Great TitParus major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GadwallMareca strepera
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Red Fox
Red-legged Shieldbug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird +13
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eriothrix rufomaculata
Eriothrix rufomaculata
Eriothrix rufomaculata
Eriothrix rufomaculata
EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesParent BugElasmucha griseaParent BugElasmucha griseaBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensCalocoris (Calocoris) roseomaculatusCalocoris (Calocoris) roseomaculatusCalocoris (Calocoris) roseomaculatusCalocoris (Calocoris) roseomaculatusMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes