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Open directionsv Eridge Park is a village and historic park located north of the parish of Rotherfield, to the north-east of Crowborough in East Sussex, England. The adjoining home of the same name is the seat of the Marquess of Abergavenny. The area is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Read more on Wikipedia → Park Site of Special Scientific Interest
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 Robin and Green Woodpecker ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 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 Robin and Green Woodpecker ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Green Woodpecker, Wren +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Green Woodpecker, Wren +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Cream-spot Ladybird, Pine Cone Bug, Cream-streaked Ladybird +201 more · last seen 2025; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Mistletoe, Beech, Himalayan Balsam +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 28 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Speldhurst Link) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Groombridge Link) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Sussex Border Path Walking route 220 km ▾
Named route Length 220 km Regional walking route
Show on map High Weald Landscape Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HWLT Listed length 145km Regional walking route
Show on map Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris Cycling route ▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named route Ref AV International cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 18 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 18 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 21 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 21 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2.2 km ▾
Named route Ref 21 Length 2.2 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 62 m ▾
Named route Length 62 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 234 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 234 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Public paths
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Photos Trees by the Tunbridge Wells Circular Path in Eridge Park
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Wildlife to spot
2,918 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,918 records · National Biodiversity Network Green Woodpecker · Wren · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blackbird · Robin +33
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Starling Sturnus vulgaris Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Jay Garrulus glandarius Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Coal Tit Periparus ater Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Wood Mouse · Common Pipistrelle · Fallow Deer
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Fallow Deer Dama dama2024 Slow-worm · Green Lizard
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Green Lizard Lacerta viridis/bilineata 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Common Toad
Black-tailed Skimmer · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Colobopterus erraticus · Onthophagus joannae · Green Shieldbug +52
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Colobopterus erraticus Colobopterus erraticus2024 Onthophagus joannae Onthophagus joannae2024 Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata 🌿 Plants 13 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Mistletoe · Ash · Beech · Pointed Spear-moss · Pedunculate Oak +8
Mistletoe Viscum album Ash Fraxinus excelsior2025 Beech Fagus sylvatica2024 Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata2024 Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2024 Creeping Buttercup Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,918 records · National Biodiversity Network Green Woodpecker · Wren · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blackbird · Robin +33
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Starling Sturnus vulgaris Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Jay Garrulus glandarius Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Coal Tit Periparus ater Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Wood Mouse · Common Pipistrelle · Fallow Deer
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Fallow Deer Dama dama2024 Slow-worm · Green Lizard
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Green Lizard Lacerta viridis/bilineata 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Common Toad
Black-tailed Skimmer · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Colobopterus erraticus · Onthophagus joannae · Green Shieldbug +52
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Colobopterus erraticus Colobopterus erraticus2024 Onthophagus joannae Onthophagus joannae2024 Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata 🌿 Plants 13 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Mistletoe · Ash · Beech · Pointed Spear-moss · Pedunculate Oak +8
Mistletoe Viscum album Ash Fraxinus excelsior2025 Beech Fagus sylvatica2024 Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata2024 Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2024 Creeping Buttercup Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea
Chalcosyrphus nemorum Chalcosyrphus nemorum
Chalcosyrphus nemorum Chalcosyrphus nemorum
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus
Geotrupes mutator Geotrupes mutator
Geotrupes mutator Geotrupes mutator
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2024
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2024
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2024
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2024
Rhingia rostrata Rhingia rostrata2024
Rhingia rostrata Rhingia rostrata2024
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2024
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2024
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2024
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2024
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2024
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2024
Mint Leaf Beetle Chrysolina herbacea2024
Mint Leaf Beetle Chrysolina herbacea2024
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2024
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2024
Helophilus trivittatus Helophilus trivittatus2024
Helophilus trivittatus Helophilus trivittatus2024
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2024
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2024
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea2024
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea2024
Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus2024
Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus2024
Limarus zenkeri Limarus zenkeri2024
Limarus zenkeri Limarus zenkeri2024
Empis livida Empis livida2024
Empis livida Empis livida2024
Olibrus corticalis Olibrus corticalis2024
Olibrus corticalis Olibrus corticalis2024
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Onthophagus similis Onthophagus similis2024
Onthophagus similis Onthophagus similis2024
Planolinoides borealis Planolinoides borealis2024
Planolinoides borealis Planolinoides borealis2024
Onthophagus coenobita Onthophagus coenobita2024
Onthophagus coenobita Onthophagus coenobita2024
Antherophagus pallens Antherophagus pallens2024
Antherophagus pallens Antherophagus pallens2024
Volinus sticticus Volinus sticticus2024
Volinus sticticus Volinus sticticus2024
Neomyia cornicina Neomyia cornicina2024
Neomyia cornicina Neomyia cornicina2024
Saltella sphondylii Saltella sphondylii2024
Saltella sphondylii Saltella sphondylii2024
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus
Brown Bordered Oak-cutter Periclista albida
Brown Bordered Oak-cutter Periclista albida
Orsodacne humeralis Orsodacne humeralis
Orsodacne humeralis Orsodacne humeralis
Cytilus sericeus Cytilus sericeus
Cytilus sericeus Cytilus sericeus
Ocys Ocys
Ocys Ocys
Limodromus assimilis Limodromus assimilis
Limodromus assimilis Limodromus assimilis
Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi2024
Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi2024
Marsh Damselbug Nabis (Dolichonabis) limbatus2024
Marsh Damselbug Nabis (Dolichonabis) limbatus2024
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2024
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2024
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2024
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2024
Dicyphus (Idolocoris) pallicornis Dicyphus (Idolocoris) pallicornis2024
Dicyphus (Idolocoris) pallicornis Dicyphus (Idolocoris) pallicornis2024
Pale Tortoise Beetle Cassida flaveola2024
Pale Tortoise Beetle Cassida flaveola2024
Limonia phragmitidis Limonia phragmitidis2024
Limonia phragmitidis Limonia phragmitidis2024
Pinalitus viscicola Pinalitus viscicola2024
Pinalitus viscicola Pinalitus viscicola2024
Banded Pine Weevil Pissodes pini2024
Banded Pine Weevil Pissodes pini2024
Neomyia viridescens Neomyia viridescens2024
Neomyia viridescens Neomyia viridescens2024
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria2024
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria2024 Ranunculus repens2024
Ranunculus repens2024
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2024
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2024
Common Comfrey Symphytum officinale2024
Common Comfrey Symphytum officinale2024
Goat Willow Salix caprea2024
Goat Willow Salix caprea2024
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica2024
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica2024
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris2024
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris2024
Large White-moss Leucobryum glaucum2024
Large White-moss Leucobryum glaucum2024
Royal Fern Osmunda regalis2024
Royal Fern Osmunda regalis2024