Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.08165, 1.16920
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦98+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Firecrest and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Caféxpresshop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦98+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Firecrest and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Caféxpresshop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Firecrest, Magpie, Wren +95 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Firecrest, Magpie, Wren +95 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Marmalade Hoverfly +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Corridors to the countrysideWalking route▾
Follow the kestrel to the DownsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Camber to FolkestoneWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Canal PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cinque Ports CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
SeafrontCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
to Folkestone WestCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
18,569 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,569 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Firecrest · Kingfisher · Redshank · Pied Wagtail +49
- MagpiePica pica
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Leach's PetrelHydrobates leucorhous2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects18 species
springautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eupeodes luniger · Southern Green Shieldbug · Dark Bush-cricket +13
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Dark-edged Bee-fly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,569 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Firecrest · Kingfisher · Redshank · Pied Wagtail +49
- MagpiePica pica
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Leach's PetrelHydrobates leucorhous2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects18 species
springautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eupeodes luniger · Southern Green Shieldbug · Dark Bush-cricket +13
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Dark-edged Bee-fly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombylius major
Bombylius major
Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusBiphyllus lunatusBiphyllus lunatusBiphyllus lunatusBiphyllus lunatusMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisSilver FishLepisma saccharinumSilver FishLepisma saccharinumCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataParadromius linearisParadromius linearis2025Paradromius linearisParadromius linearis202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa2025Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Events & activities nearby
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