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East Grove

2 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

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51.27540, 0.82062

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Small White +53 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Small White +53 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Clustered Feather-moss, Nicholson's Beard-moss +24 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Clustered Feather-moss, Nicholson's Beard-moss +24 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

Augustine CaminoWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Two Creeks Circular WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route

follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 17Cycling route

Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route477 m

Named routeRef 17Length 477 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route130 m

Named routeRef 17Length 130 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route8 m

Named routeRef 17Length 8 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.6 km

Named routeRef 17Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

4,528 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,528 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

winterspring

2026

Great Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Chaffinch +40

Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
JayGarrulus glandarius
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025

🌿

Plants26 species

winter

2026

Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Clustered Feather-moss · Nicholson's Beard-moss · Common Striated Feather-moss · Lateral Cryphaea +21

Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2025
Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii2025
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2025
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2025
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2025
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2025
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2025
Velvet Feather-mossBrachytheciastrum velutinum2025
Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2025
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus2025
Even ScalewortRadula complanata2025
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2025
Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2025
Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2025
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2025
Rambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosus2025
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2025
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2025
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2025
Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2025
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,528 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

winterspring

2026

Great Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Chaffinch +40

Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
JayGarrulus glandarius
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025

🌿

Plants26 species

winter

2026

Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Clustered Feather-moss · Nicholson's Beard-moss · Common Striated Feather-moss · Lateral Cryphaea +21

Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2025
Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii2025
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2025
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2025
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2025
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2025
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2025
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2025
Velvet Feather-mossBrachytheciastrum velutinum2025
Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2025
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus2025
Even ScalewortRadula complanata2025
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2025
Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2025
Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2025
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2025
Rambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosus2025
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2025
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2025
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2025
Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2025
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Salmon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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