City wall (site) and ditch on Rheims Way 0 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
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51.27646, 1.07323
Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
City walls scheduled monument
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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +46 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Anthracite Bee-fly +79 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Anthracite Bee-fly +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Capillary Thread-moss · last seen 2026; Plants — Capillary Thread-moss · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 13 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Red Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Black Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Elham Valley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 40km Regional walking route
Show on map Stour Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 82.9 km Regional walking route
Show on map Via Francigena - 01 part Great Britain Walking route ▾
Named route Ref VF International walking route
Show on map Coopers Lane public footpath · 71 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 71 m Surface compacted Path type: footway
Show on map Biggleswade Passage public footpath · 154 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 154 m Surface asphalt Path type: footway
Show on map 209 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 18 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 183 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 183 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 17 Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Great Stour Way Cycling route ▾
Named route National Cycle Network
Show on map Pilgrims Cycle Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
18,055 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 18,055 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Moorhen · Blackbird · Magpie +41
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jay Garrulus glandarius Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Tit Parus major Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Dunnock Prunella modularis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Buzzard Buteo buteo Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 🦌 Mammals 15 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit · Wood Mouse · Brown Rat +10
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Mole Talpa europaea 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 21 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Box Bug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly +16
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Capillary Thread-moss
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 18,055 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Moorhen · Blackbird · Magpie +41
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jay Garrulus glandarius Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Tit Parus major Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Dunnock Prunella modularis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Buzzard Buteo buteo Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 🦌 Mammals 15 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit · Wood Mouse · Brown Rat +10
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Mole Talpa europaea 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 21 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Box Bug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly +16
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Capillary Thread-moss
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Badger Meles meles
Badger Meles meles
Field Vole Microtus agrestis
Field Vole Microtus agrestis
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus
Beaver Castor fiber
Beaver Castor fiber
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
Vole Arvicolinae
Vole Arvicolinae
Weasel Mustela nivalis
Weasel Mustela nivalis
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2025
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2025
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus2025
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Rhamphus oxyacanthae Rhamphus oxyacanthae2025
Rhamphus oxyacanthae Rhamphus oxyacanthae2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata2025
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata2025
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus2025
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
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