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Gateway to Brook Farm, Hillborough

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Robin
✦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

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Robin
✦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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — House Sparrow, Robin, Woodpigeon +98 more · last seen 2026; Birds — House Sparrow, Robin, Woodpigeon +98 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus torvus +19 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus torvus +19 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Ivy, Blackthorn, Cleavers +13 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Ivy, Blackthorn, Cleavers +13 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Blackthorn, Hawthorn, Bramble +4 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Stour Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

Augustine CaminoWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Wantsum WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route

N/ACycling route682 m

Named routeRef 15Length 682 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route2.5 km

Named routeRef 15Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route1.3 km

Named routeRef 15Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface grass

N/ACycling route2.1 km

Named routeRef 15Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

N/ACycling route295 m

Named routeRef 15Length 295 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

42,899 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

42,899 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumn

2026

House Sparrow · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie +55

House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
TealAnas crecca
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
CootFulica atra
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects4 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Harlequin Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata

🌿

Plants4 species

spring

2026

Ivy · Blackthorn · Cleavers · Common Chickweed

IvyHedera helix
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
CleaversGalium aparine
Common ChickweedStellaria media

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

42,899 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumn

2026

House Sparrow · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie +55

House SparrowPasser domesticus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
TealAnas crecca
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
CootFulica atra
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects4 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Harlequin Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata

🌿

Plants4 species

spring

2026

Ivy · Blackthorn · Cleavers · Common Chickweed

IvyHedera helix
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
CleaversGalium aparine
Common ChickweedStellaria media

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Nick Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Brook Farm on Brook Lane from Brook Bridge

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