Eythorne Playing Field
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.19744, 1.26932
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Blackbird, Green Woodpecker +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Tawny Owl, Blackbird, Green Woodpecker +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Miner's Way TrailWalking route43.5 km▾
Named routeLength 43.5 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV5International cycle route
Skylark TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route262 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 262 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 16Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Upper Eythorne Village Stores and Post Office
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
1,920 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,920 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Goldcrest · Green Woodpecker · Woodpigeon · Whitethroat +21
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- MagpiePica pica2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2019
🦌Mammals9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Wood Mouse · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox +4
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
- Pygmy Shrew
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- FrogRana2024
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee · Comma +49
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2020
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2020
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2020
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae
Japanese Knotweed
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,920 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Goldcrest · Green Woodpecker · Woodpigeon · Whitethroat +21
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- MagpiePica pica2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2019
🦌Mammals9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Wood Mouse · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox +4
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
- Pygmy Shrew
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- FrogRana2024
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee · Comma +49
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2020
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2020
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2020
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae
Japanese Knotweed
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sorex minutus2022
Sorex minutus2022
BatChiroptera2022BatChiroptera2022Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022MoleTalpa europaea2019MoleTalpa europaea20192019
2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2022Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2022Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorDotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Agapanthia carduiAgapanthia cardui2024Agapanthia carduiAgapanthia cardui2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023Jet AntLasius fuliginosus2023Jet AntLasius fuliginosus2023Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2023Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2022Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2022Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2022Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2022Liparus coronatusLiparus coronatus2022Liparus coronatusLiparus coronatus2022Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2022Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2022Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2022Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2022Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2021Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2021Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2020Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2020Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2020Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2020Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2020Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2020Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2020Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2020Convolvulus Hawk-mothAgrius convolvuli2019Convolvulus Hawk-mothAgrius convolvuli20197-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20197-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2019Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2019Events & activities nearby
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