Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.10291, 0.70172
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 280m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 280m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, House Sparrow +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, House Sparrow +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dock Bug, Hornet, Ruddy Darter +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route47 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route346 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 346 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route16 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Green pond near High Halden
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Wildlife to spot
6,500 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,500 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Wren · Great Tit · Jackdaw +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2024▾
Roe Deer · Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians5 species
spring
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2024
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects33 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dock Bug · Roesel's Bush-cricket · 16-spot Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Broad-bodied Chaser +28
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,500 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Wren · Great Tit · Jackdaw +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2024▾
Roe Deer · Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians5 species
spring
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2024
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects33 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dock Bug · Roesel's Bush-cricket · 16-spot Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Broad-bodied Chaser +28
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas