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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

51.39773, 0.92228

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Black-tailed Godwit
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Brian & Sue's Diner — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Black-tailed Godwit
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Brian & Sue's Diner — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Best for

8 activities

Family friendly

Very strong match

Free

playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Picnic day out

Very strong match

Free

picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Playgrounds

Very strong match

Free

playground, toilets, café, parking

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit, Wigeon +73 more · last seen 2026

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit, Wigeon +73 more · last seen 2026

Insect spotting

Strong match

Free

Insects — Pouting Woodlouse-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Scaeva pyrastri +15 more · last seen 2025

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route▾

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

22,282 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

22,282 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds76 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Wigeon · Mediterranean Gull · Pintail

+71 more species

All 76 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
WigeonMareca penelope
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
PintailAnas acuta
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
PochardAythya ferina2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Little TernSternula albifrons2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025

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Mammals3 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Harbour Seal · Grey Seal · Brown Hare

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Insects18 species

springsummer

2025

Pouting Woodlouse-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Scaeva pyrastri · Eupeodes · Firebug

+13 more species

All 18 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Pouting Woodlouse-flyRhinophora lepida
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
EupeodesEupeodes
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

22,282 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds76 species

springautumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Wigeon · Mediterranean Gull · Pintail

+71 more species

All 76 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
WigeonMareca penelope
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
PintailAnas acuta
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
PochardAythya ferina2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Little TernSternula albifrons2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Harbour Seal · Grey Seal · Brown Hare

🐝

Insects18 species

springsummer

2025

Pouting Woodlouse-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Scaeva pyrastri · Eupeodes · Firebug

+13 more species

All 18 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Pouting Woodlouse-flyRhinophora lepida
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
EupeodesEupeodes
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

22 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 John Baker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Bandstand, The Spinney, Leysdown Road

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Photos

📷 John Baker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Bandstand, The Spinney, Leysdown Road

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Events & activities nearby

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Facilities

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Café

Brian & Sue's Diner · 77m

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Parking

Coastal Park · Paid · 33m

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Picnic spot

5 · 12m away

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Playground

40m away

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Toilets

3 · 58m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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🌱The SpinneyUrban park0 m→🏞️LEYSDOWN COASTALCountry park1 km→🌱Coastal ParkUrban park1 km→🌱Leysdown Coastal ParkUrban park1 km→🌱Warden Community GardenUrban park1.6 km→🌱Warden Community GardenUrban park1.6 km→