Conifer woodland near Victoria Park Mews
12 ha
🦋Insects🦉Wildlife🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.13030, 1.32629
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
Lowland calcareous grassland priority habitat
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
91 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1 Dover to CanterburyCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV5International cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
19,197 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
19,197 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Oedemera femoralis · Liophloeus tessulatus · Syrphus torvus · Eristalis tenax · Pea-leaf Weevil +3
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,197 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Oedemera femoralis · Liophloeus tessulatus · Syrphus torvus · Eristalis tenax · Pea-leaf Weevil +3
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Earwig
Common Earwig
Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata