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Gobions Park

6 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

Getting here

51.48588, 0.41497

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 304m away — 6 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 304m away — 6 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +93 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +93 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Spiked Shieldbug, Shrill Carder Bee +19 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Spiked Shieldbug, Shrill Carder Bee +19 more · last seen 2026

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Thames Estuary Path

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

WealdwayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

Hoo Peninsula PathWalking route

Named route

Thames Estuary PathWalking route46.6 km

Named routeLength 46.6 kmNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to WoolwichWalking route76 km

Named routeRef ECPLength 76 kmNational walking route

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Cycling

77 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route76 m

Named routeRef 1Length 76 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks

Main RouteCycling route86 m

Named routeRef 1Length 86 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route180 m

Named routeRef 1Length 180 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

16,541 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,541 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

autumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Black-tailed Godwit · Pintail +44

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
PochardAythya ferina
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
BitternBotaurus stellaris
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects5 species

autumn

2026

Spiked Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Green Shieldbug · Southern Green Shieldbug

Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,541 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

autumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Black-tailed Godwit · Pintail +44

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
PochardAythya ferina
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
BitternBotaurus stellaris
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects5 species

autumn

2026

Spiked Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Green Shieldbug · Southern Green Shieldbug

Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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