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🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.26783, 0.50126
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ☀️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
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ☀️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 — Robin, Woodpigeon, Mute Swan +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Daubenton's Bat, Bat +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird, Dark Bush-cricket +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Stage 3Walking route8.8 km▾
Named routeRef SGT3Length 8.8 kmLocal walking route
Scenic Green Trail Stage 4Walking route12 km▾
Named routeRef SGT4Length 12 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
68 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 19 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 19Regional cycle route
NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route23 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 23 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
18,241 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,241 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Collared Dove +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Bat · Fallow Deer +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- BatChiroptera
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown Rat
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects22 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Twin-spot Centurion · Green Shieldbug +17
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- SyrphusSyrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,241 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Collared Dove +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Bat · Fallow Deer +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- BatChiroptera
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown Rat
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects22 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Twin-spot Centurion · Green Shieldbug +17
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- SyrphusSyrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rattus norvegicus
Rattus norvegicus
Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi
Culex pipiensCulex pipiensCulex pipiensCulex pipiensDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiSiphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreaeClitostethus arcuatusClitostethus arcuatusClitostethus arcuatusClitostethus arcuatusSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleIsodontia mexicanaIsodontia mexicanaIsodontia mexicanaIsodontia mexicanaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusParent BugElasmucha griseaParent BugElasmucha griseaSpanish FlyLytta vesicatoriaSpanish FlyLytta vesicatoriaRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataGreen Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceusGreen Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceusEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris