Getting here
51.31787, 0.49575
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ 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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 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 Section 1Walking route6.4 km▾
Named routeRef SGT1Length 6.4 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
KCC Centenary WalkWalking route▾
87 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
Main RouteCycling route268 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 268 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route410 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 410 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route▾
1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
8,006 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,006 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Nightingale · Magpie · Great Tit +12
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Red Fox · Hazel Dormouse · House Mouse · Rabbit · Badger +5
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- House MouseMus musculus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
🐸Amphibians3 species
springautumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2023
🐝Insects53 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Large White · Small White · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown +48
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
🌿Plants3 species
springautumn
2024▾
Common Liverwort · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Crystalwort
- Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Common CrystalwortRiccia sorocarpa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,006 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Nightingale · Magpie · Great Tit +12
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Red Fox · Hazel Dormouse · House Mouse · Rabbit · Badger +5
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- House MouseMus musculus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
🐸Amphibians3 species
springautumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2023
🐝Insects53 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Large White · Small White · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown +48
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
🌿Plants3 species
springautumn
2024▾
Common Liverwort · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Crystalwort
- Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Common CrystalwortRiccia sorocarpa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Yellow-necked Mouse
Yellow-necked Mouse
Apodemus flavicollis2023
Apodemus flavicollis2023
StoatMustela erminea2023StoatMustela erminea2023Small MouseMuridae2023Small MouseMuridae2023HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023HedgehogErinaceus europaeus20232024
2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis2025Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis2025Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2025Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2025Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2025Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Cryptocephalus bipunctatusCryptocephalus bipunctatus2024Cryptocephalus bipunctatusCryptocephalus bipunctatus2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiRhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2025Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Leptocerus tineiformisLeptocerus tineiformis2025Leptocerus tineiformisLeptocerus tineiformis2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Polistes dominulaPolistes dominula2025Polistes dominulaPolistes dominula2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Psyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxini2024Psyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxini2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Ablattaria laevigataAblattaria laevigata2024Ablattaria laevigataAblattaria laevigata2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata202424-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202424-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2024Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024White-bellied Mining BeeAndrena gravida2024White-bellied Mining BeeAndrena gravida2024Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2024Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2023Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2023Saucer BugIlyocoris cimicoides2023Saucer BugIlyocoris cimicoides2023Events & activities nearby
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