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Horton Meadow

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Public accessDogs welcome

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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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ 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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Blackbird +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Blackbird +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Platycheirus peltatus agg., Swollen-thighed Beetle, Polydrusus formosus +22 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Platycheirus peltatus agg., Swollen-thighed Beetle, Polydrusus formosus +22 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: North Downs Way (Eastern)

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 31 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Stour Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route

North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Beech Walk & SculpturesWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wye National Nature Reserve Nature TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route

follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees

Named routeRegional walking route

Little Chequerspublic footpath · 39 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 39 mSurface concretePath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

78 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

Brimstone TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Comma TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Orange Tip TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Peacock TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Proposed NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Occupation Roadbridleway · 310 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 310 mPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

12,809 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,809 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blackbird · Magpie · Jackdaw · Herring Gull · House Sparrow +33

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Tephrochlamys rufiventris

Tephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,809 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blackbird · Magpie · Jackdaw · Herring Gull · House Sparrow +33

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Tephrochlamys rufiventris

Tephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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