Kent House Leisure Gardens
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Places › England › London › Bromley Getting here
51.42338, -0.04070
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🛝 Playground 279m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🛝 Playground 279m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Moorhen, Coot, Black-headed Gull +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Moorhen, Coot, Black-headed Gull +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly, Hornet Hoverfly +101 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly, Hornet Hoverfly +101 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Pedunculate Oak, White-tipped Bristle-moss, Crescent-cup Liverwort +1 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Pedunculate Oak, White-tipped Bristle-moss, Crescent-cup Liverwort +1 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Waterlink Way Walking route 12 km ▾
Walking & cycling route in Lewisham borough, following the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne (Deptford Creek). Forms the northernmost section of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's National Cycle Route 21 (Eastbourne to the Thames)
Named route Ref WW Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (section 03) - alternative avoiding steps in Walking route ▾
alternative avoiding steps in Beckenham Place Park
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Lewisham Promenade Walking route ▾
signed walking route along Lewisham High Street
Named route Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Silk Mill Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 188 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route (21) Cycling route ▾
National Cycle Network link route to NCN 21 route from western side of LCN 65 route
Named route Ref (21) Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map Route (20) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (20) Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Alternative route via Telegraph Hill Park
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 77 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 77 Local cycle route
Show on map Route (21) Cycling route ▾
National Cycle Network link route
Named route Ref (21) Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
35,858 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 35,858 records · National Biodiversity Network Moorhen · Robin · Coot · Magpie · Mallard +33
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Common Gull Larus canus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Squirrel · Feral Cat · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle +1
Squirrel Sciurus Feral Cat Felis catus2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 35 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird +30
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025 Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 35,858 records · National Biodiversity Network Moorhen · Robin · Coot · Magpie · Mallard +33
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Common Gull Larus canus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Squirrel · Feral Cat · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle +1
Squirrel Sciurus Feral Cat Felis catus2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 35 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird +30
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025 Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2025
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Smoky-winged Woodlouse-fly Melanophora roralis2025
Smoky-winged Woodlouse-fly Melanophora roralis2025
Drosophila hydei Drosophila hydei2025
Drosophila hydei Drosophila hydei2025
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Scathophaga Scathophaga2025
Scathophaga Scathophaga2025
Himacerus (Anaptus) major Himacerus (Anaptus) major2025
Himacerus (Anaptus) major Himacerus (Anaptus) major2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum2025
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum2025
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus2025
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Common Damselbug Nabis (Nabis) rugosus2025
Common Damselbug Nabis (Nabis) rugosus2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Dorcatoma Dorcatoma2025
Dorcatoma Dorcatoma2025
Drosophila Drosophila2025
Drosophila Drosophila2025
Brown Tree Ant Lasius brunneus2025
Brown Tree Ant Lasius brunneus2025
Helophilus hybridus Helophilus hybridus2025
Helophilus hybridus Helophilus hybridus2025
Aphrodes Aphrodes2025
Aphrodes Aphrodes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum2025
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum2025
Agrilus viridis Agrilus viridis2025
Agrilus viridis Agrilus viridis2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025 