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Grays Beach Riverside Park

📷 John Winfield · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕Lightship Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕Lightship Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParkingPlayground

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Dunnock, Blue Tit +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Dunnock, Blue Tit +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dotted Bee-fly, Eristalis pertinax, Great Green Bush-cricket +3 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dotted Bee-fly, Eristalis pertinax, Great Green Bush-cricket +3 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

1066 Harold's WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

143 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 177Cycling route

Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network

Dartford Crossing Shuttle (North)Cycling route

Named routeRef ShuttleRegional cycle route

Dartford Crossing Shuttle (North)Cycling route

Named route

National Cycle Network Route 137Cycling route

Named routeRef 137Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Dartford Crossing Shuttle (South)Cycling route

Named route

NCN 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

32,637 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

32,637 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds86 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Dunnock · Blue Tit · Starling · Great Tit +81

RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
TealAnas crecca
JayGarrulus glandarius
GadwallMareca strepera
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025

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Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects6 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Dotted Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Great Green Bush-cricket · Migrant Hawker · Large Conehead +1

Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Large ConeheadRuspolia nitidula2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

32,637 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds86 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Dunnock · Blue Tit · Starling · Great Tit +81

RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
TealAnas crecca
JayGarrulus glandarius
GadwallMareca strepera
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects6 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Dotted Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Great Green Bush-cricket · Migrant Hawker · Large Conehead +1

Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Large ConeheadRuspolia nitidula2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Winfield · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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