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Places › England › South East › Folkestone and Hythe Getting here
51.08196, 1.18070
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Firecrest ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ The Full English — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Firecrest ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ The Full English — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Firecrest, Wren +97 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Firecrest, Wren +97 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Firebug, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +104 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Firebug, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +104 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Elham Valley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 40km Regional walking route
Show on map Corridors to the countryside Walking route ▾
Follow the kestrel to the Downs Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Camber to Folkestone Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map European walking route E9, Rye to Dover Walking route ▾
Named route Ref E9 International walking route
Show on map 85 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Canal Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cinque Ports Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 17 Regional cycle route
Show on map Seafront Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map to Folkestone West Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 2 Dover to Hastings Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 National Cycle Network
Show on map Photos Site of former building adjoining Grace Chapel, Grace Hill
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Wildlife to spot
15,820 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 15,820 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 56 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Kingfisher · Redshank · Firecrest · Pied Wagtail +51
Magpie Pica pica Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Razorbill Alca torda2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Brent Goose Branta bernicla2025 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2025 Gannet Morus bassanus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus2025 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra2025 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla2025 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Feral Cat Felis catus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 15 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Eupeodes luniger · Southern Green Shieldbug · Dark Bush-cricket · Dark-edged Bee-fly +10
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Biphyllus lunatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 15,820 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 56 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Kingfisher · Redshank · Firecrest · Pied Wagtail +51
Magpie Pica pica Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Razorbill Alca torda2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Brent Goose Branta bernicla2025 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2025 Gannet Morus bassanus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus2025 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra2025 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla2025 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Feral Cat Felis catus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 15 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Eupeodes luniger · Southern Green Shieldbug · Dark Bush-cricket · Dark-edged Bee-fly +10
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Biphyllus lunatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Biphyllus lunatus
Biphyllus lunatus
Liophloeus tessulatus Liophloeus tessulatus
Liophloeus tessulatus Liophloeus tessulatus
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Paradromius linearis Paradromius linearis2025
Paradromius linearis Paradromius linearis2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Rhaphigaster nebulosa Rhaphigaster nebulosa2025
Rhaphigaster nebulosa Rhaphigaster nebulosa2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025 