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Places › England › South East › Folkestone and Hythe Getting here
51.09748, 1.18361
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 137m away — 8 car parks within reach 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 137m away — 8 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wren, Dunnock, Magpie +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wren, Dunnock, Magpie +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Dark Bush-cricket +113 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named hiking route nearby: European walking route E9, Rye to Dover
Free
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Route 2 Dover to Hastings
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 23 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Elham Valley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 40km Regional walking route
Show on map Corridors to the countryside Walking route ▾
Follow the kestrel to the Downs Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Camber to Folkestone Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map European walking route E9, Rye to Dover Walking route ▾
Named route Ref E9 International walking route
Show on map Dallas Brett Crescent public footpath · 47 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 47 m Path type: residential
Show on map 86 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Canal Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cinque Ports Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 17 Regional cycle route
Show on map Seafront Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map to Folkestone West Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 2 Dover to Hastings Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
18,601 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 18,601 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Firecrest · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Herring Gull +44
Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus2025 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Red Fox
🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis2025 Dark Bush-cricket · Marmalade Hoverfly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle +50
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025 Great Green Bush-cricket Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 18,601 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Firecrest · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Herring Gull +44
Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus2025 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Red Fox
🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis2025 Dark Bush-cricket · Marmalade Hoverfly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle +50
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025 Great Green Bush-cricket Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tettigonia viridissima2025
Tettigonia viridissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana2025
Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Tychius meliloti Tychius meliloti2025
Tychius meliloti Tychius meliloti2025
Ectophasia crassipennis Ectophasia crassipennis2025
Ectophasia crassipennis Ectophasia crassipennis2025
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus2025
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus2025
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2025
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2025
Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha tenebricosa2025
Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha tenebricosa2025
Biphyllus lunatus Biphyllus lunatus
Biphyllus lunatus Biphyllus lunatus
Liophloeus tessulatus Liophloeus tessulatus
Liophloeus tessulatus Liophloeus tessulatus
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Liparus coronatus Liparus coronatus
Liparus coronatus Liparus coronatus
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Anommatus Anommatus
Anommatus Anommatus
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Paradromius linearis Paradromius linearis2025
Paradromius linearis Paradromius linearis2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Nephrotoma flavipalpis Nephrotoma flavipalpis2025
Nephrotoma flavipalpis Nephrotoma flavipalpis2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Lesne's Earwig Forficula lesnei2025
Lesne's Earwig Forficula lesnei2025
Rufous Grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus2025
Rufous Grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes2025
Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Solomon's-seal Sawfly Phymatocera aterrima2025
Solomon's-seal Sawfly Phymatocera aterrima2025
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025
Evacanthus interruptus Evacanthus interruptus2025
Evacanthus interruptus Evacanthus interruptus2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus2025
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus2025
Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus2025
Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus2025
Grey Bush-cricket Platycleis albopunctata2025
Grey Bush-cricket Platycleis albopunctata2025
Staticobium staticis Staticobium staticis2025
Staticobium staticis Staticobium staticis2025
Wasp Beetle Clytus arietis2025
Wasp Beetle Clytus arietis2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
Malvapion malvae Malvapion malvae2025
Malvapion malvae Malvapion malvae2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Agrypnus murinus Agrypnus murinus2025
Agrypnus murinus Agrypnus murinus2025
Cossonus linearis Cossonus linearis2025
Cossonus linearis Cossonus linearis2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Xanthogramma citrofasciatum Xanthogramma citrofasciatum2025
Xanthogramma citrofasciatum Xanthogramma citrofasciatum2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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