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Hilbert Recreation Ground

📷 Oast House Archive · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.14313, 0.27703

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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
  • 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
ParkingPicnic spot

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Great Tit +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Great Tit +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Playing field

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Muscina prolapsa, Southern Oak Bush-cricket, Twin-spot Centurion · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Speldhurst Link)Walking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Groombridge Link)Walking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Eden Valley WalkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
Tunbridge Wells Circular WalkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route
Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route49 m
Named routeRef 12Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route180 m
Named routeRef 12Length 180 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route30 m
Named routeRef 12Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route192 m
Named routeRef 12Length 192 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

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Hilbert Recreation Ground

📷 Oast House Archive · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌱Grosvenor Recreation GroundUrban park100 m→🌱Dunorlan ParkUrban park1.4 km→🌱Calverley GroundsUrban park1.6 km→🌱Dunorlan ParkUrban park1.4 km→🌱Grosvenor Recreation GroundUrban park100 m→🌱Grosvenor Recreation GroundUrban park100 m→

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