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Getting here
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Magpie +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Common Pipistrelle, Noctule, Hedgehog +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Red-legged Shieldbug, Harlequin Ladybird +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Crescent-cup Liverwort, Wall Screw-moss +2 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Circular Walk from Darent Valley Path DWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Darent Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Samuel Palmer TrailWalking route▾
Immerse yourself in the life, work and inspiration of Samuel Palmer on an audio-guided journey through Shoreham and surrounding areas.
Named routeLocal walking route
Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route▾
part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral
Named routeRegional walking route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Priory Lanebyway open to all traffic · 170 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 170 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
10,200 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,200 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Hobby +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- CootFulica atra2024
Red Fox · Badger · Bat · Hazel Dormouse
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- BatChiroptera2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
Slow-worm
Red-legged Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Orange Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug +18
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Wall Screw-moss
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,200 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Hobby +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- CootFulica atra2024
Red Fox · Badger · Bat · Hazel Dormouse
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- BatChiroptera2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
Slow-worm
Red-legged Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Orange Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug +18
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Wall Screw-moss
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Cockchafer
Common Cockchafer
Melolontha melolontha
Melolontha melolontha
Dock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesParent BugElasmucha griseaParent BugElasmucha griseaBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesStag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024German WaspVespula germanica2024German WaspVespula germanica2024Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2024Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Liparus coronatusLiparus coronatus2024Liparus coronatusLiparus coronatus2024