Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.27533, 1.07813
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦27+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Oasis Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦27+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Oasis Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, House Sparrow +24 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, House Sparrow +24 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Black TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
Lime Kiln Roadpublic footpath · 196 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 196 mPath type: service
Coopers Lanepublic footpath · 71 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 71 mSurface compactedPath type: footway
Biggleswade Passagepublic footpath · 154 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 154 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
205 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 183Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 183National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Great Stour WayCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Photos
Dane John gardens fountain
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,558 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,558 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · House Sparrow · Kingfisher · Blackbird +22
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
🦌Mammals8 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Field Vole +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Wood Mouse
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Box Bug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Eristalis pertinax +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- 10-spot Ladybird
Capillary Thread-moss
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,558 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · House Sparrow · Kingfisher · Blackbird +22
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
🦌Mammals8 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Field Vole +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Wood Mouse
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Box Bug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Eristalis pertinax +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- 10-spot Ladybird
Capillary Thread-moss
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Apodemus sylvaticus
Apodemus sylvaticus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeusHedgehogErinaceus europaeusAdalia decempunctata
Adalia decempunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Events & activities nearby
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