Great Lines Heritage Park
119 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome119 ha
Getting here
51.38447, 0.53597
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 193m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 193m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +50 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +50 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: Chatham Naval War Memorial
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Brimstone +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to GrainWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Rochester Riverside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
210 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 177Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
(A2)<>(NCN1)Cycling route▾
Heron TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 179National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Gillingham<>Rainham Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route▾
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Great Lines Heritage Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
8,247 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,247 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspring
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Rock Dove +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CootFulica atra2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Firebug · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Hoverfly +10
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- HoverflySyrphidae
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Field Grasshopper
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,247 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspring
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Rock Dove +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CootFulica atra2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Firebug · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Hoverfly +10
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- HoverflySyrphidae
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Field Grasshopper
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chorthippus brunneus
Chorthippus brunneus
Alydus calcaratusAlydus calcaratusAlydus calcaratusAlydus calcaratusDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorEvents & activities nearby
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