Cornwallis Circle Recreation Ground
Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
51.35768, 1.02239
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Playing field
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, House Sparrow, Turnstone +96 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, House Sparrow, Turnstone +96 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Playing field — open space for a simple picnic
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Marmalade Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird +83 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 51 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Chestfield WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Shipwrights Leepublic footpath · 40 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 40 mSurface fine_gravelPath type: residential
Bonners Alleypublic footpath · 43 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 43 mSurface concretePath type: footway
Wave Crestpublic footpath · 76 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 76 mSurface compactedPath type: track
77 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Crab & Winkle WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Crab & Winkle Way extensionCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Crab & Winkle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route446 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 446 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Cornwallis Circle, Whitstable
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
9,748 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,748 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Turnstone · Oystercatcher · Cormorant · Herring Gull +46
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red Fox · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Marmalade Hoverfly · Meadow Grasshopper · Eristalis tenax · Eupeodes luniger · Firebug +33
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,748 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Turnstone · Oystercatcher · Cormorant · Herring Gull +46
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red Fox · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Marmalade Hoverfly · Meadow Grasshopper · Eristalis tenax · Eupeodes luniger · Firebug +33
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Helina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesMesosa nebulosaMesosa nebulosaMesosa nebulosaMesosa nebulosaLesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum2025Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus2025Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus2025Sphaerophoria rueppelliiSphaerophoria rueppellii2025Sphaerophoria rueppelliiSphaerophoria rueppellii2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025ThecophoraThecophora2025ThecophoraThecophora2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Banded GeneralStratiomys potamida2025Banded GeneralStratiomys potamida202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi2025Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Events & activities nearby
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