Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.18691, 1.10617
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦30+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Wren
- 💜Bluebell walks 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
- 🐦30+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Wren
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackcap, Wren, Robin +27 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
Birds — Blackcap, Wren, Robin +27 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Grass, Thistle, Bramble +43 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Migrant Hawker, Hairy Shieldbug, Meadow Brown +147 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional 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
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route982 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 982 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route26 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route140 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 140 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route5.5 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 5.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
12,537 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,537 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Wren · Coal Tit · Robin · Goldcrest +3
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Migrant Hawker · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Darter · Green Shieldbug · Dock Bug +49
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Grass · Dandelion · Thistle · Bramble · Common Nettle +22
- GrassPoaceae
- DandelionTaraxacum
- ThistleCirsium
- BrambleRubus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,537 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Wren · Coal Tit · Robin · Goldcrest +3
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🦎Reptiles1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Migrant Hawker · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Darter · Green Shieldbug · Dock Bug +49
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Grass · Dandelion · Thistle · Bramble · Common Nettle +22
- GrassPoaceae
- DandelionTaraxacum
- ThistleCirsium
- BrambleRubus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2025Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Orsillus depressusOrsillus depressusOrsillus depressusOrsillus depressusBishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2025Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2025Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025HornetVespa crabro2025HornetVespa crabro2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxBlack-bellied ClusterflyPollenia amentariaBlack-bellied ClusterflyPollenia amentariaAndrion regensteinenseAndrion regensteinenseAndrion regensteinenseAndrion regensteinenseStictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025HybosHybos2025HybosHybos2025Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2025Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2025Stictopleurus abutilonStictopleurus abutilon2025Stictopleurus abutilonStictopleurus abutilon2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2025Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2025Coriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus2025Coriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus2025Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2025Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2025Woodland GrasshopperOmocestus rufipes2025Woodland GrasshopperOmocestus rufipes2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2025Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2025Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides2025Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides2025Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025Common DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosus2025Common DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Dasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctus2025Dasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctus2025Large ConeheadRuspolia nitidula2025Large ConeheadRuspolia nitidula2025Sickle-bearing Bush-cricketPhaneroptera falcata2025Sickle-bearing Bush-cricketPhaneroptera falcata2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2025Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025EurygasterEurygaster2025EurygasterEurygaster2025Hogweed
Hogweed
Heracleum sphondylium
Heracleum sphondylium
Six-rowed BarleyHordeum vulgareSix-rowed BarleyHordeum vulgareSow ThistleSonchusSow ThistleSonchusDockRumexDockRumexWild ClarySalvia verbenacaWild ClarySalvia verbenacaElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisRadishRaphanus raphanistrumRadishRaphanus raphanistrumGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisBread WheatTriticum aestivumBread WheatTriticum aestivumBirchBetulaBirchBetulaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaSessile OakQuercus petraeaSessile OakQuercus petraeaOatAvena sativaOatAvena sativaEvents & activities nearby
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