🌱 Urban park

Mallards Way Park

5 ha

📷 Oast House Archive · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

51.26134, 0.56906

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Best for

6 activities

Playgrounds

Free82%

playground, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Cycling

Varies72%

Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Hiking

Free58%

Named hiking route nearby: Len Valley Walk

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Scenic Green Trail Section 7Walking route13.6 km▾

Named routeRef SGT7Length 13.6 kmLocal walking route

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Cycling

63 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

About this urban park

Mallards Way Park is a urban park covering 5 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

8,718 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds58 species recorded

Mute Swan · Great Tit · Blue Tit

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Mammals8 species recorded

Yellow-necked Mouse · Red Fox · Brown Rat

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Insects5 species recorded

Common Darter · Dryomyza anilis · Hairy Shieldbug

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Oast House Archive · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Mallards Way Pond

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Events & activities nearby

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Bookable tours

🌱 Visiting this spring

🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

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Parking

4 nearby · 94m

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Playground

83m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

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