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Dog Acre

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DogsFamilyHiking

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

51.37672, 1.30384

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Visiting this summer

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 on site — 20 car parks within reach, toilets nearby

🌤️ 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 on site — 20 car parks within reach, toilets nearby

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingToilets

Best for

6 activities

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

toilets; Urban park — family destination

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to Whitstable

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)

Varies

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Wantsum WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Coleman Stairspublic footpath · 9 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 9 mPath type: footway

Ferndale Courtpublic footpath · 30 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 30 mPath type: residential

Coleman Stairspublic footpath · 112 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 112 mPath type: footway

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Cycling

27 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route

N/ACycling route61 m

Named routeRef 15Length 61 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

N/ACycling route74 m

Named routeRef 15Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route62 m

Named routeRef 15Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

N/ACycling route82 m

Named routeRef 15Length 82 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface cobbles

N/ACycling route149 m

Named routeRef 15Length 149 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

19,078 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

19,078 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Cormorant · Great Black-backed Gull +48

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Great TitParus major2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025

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Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

19,078 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Cormorant · Great Black-backed Gull +48

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Great TitParus major2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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