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Lower Lines Park

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPicnic spot

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Robin, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Robin, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Carder Bee, Western Honey Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +44 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Western Honey Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +44 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

1066 Harold's WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km

Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route

Strood Community TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bath Hard LaneWalking route

Named route

Chattenden Woods WalkWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

218 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Heron TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 179National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 17Cycling route

Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network

Gillingham<>Rainham Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Alternative RouteCycling route

Named route

NCN National Route 177Cycling route

Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network

(A2)<>(NCN1)Cycling route

Named route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

6,832 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,832 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

winterspring

2026

Black-headed Gull · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit +69

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
CootFulica atra2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
SwiftApus apus2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2022
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2022

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Rabbit · Badger +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
BadgerMeles meles
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2022

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects47 species

summer

2026

Common Carder Bee · Western Honey Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Stag Beetle +42

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2024
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
BumblebeeBombus2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
CantharidaeCantharidae2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Alydus calcaratusAlydus calcaratus2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis2024
Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2023
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2023
SyrphusSyrphus2023
LuciliaLucilia2023
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2023
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
EupeodesEupeodes2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,832 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

winterspring

2026

Black-headed Gull · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit +69

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
CootFulica atra2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
SwiftApus apus2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2022
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2022

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Rabbit · Badger +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
BadgerMeles meles
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2022

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects47 species

summer

2026

Common Carder Bee · Western Honey Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Stag Beetle +42

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2024
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
BumblebeeBombus2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
CantharidaeCantharidae2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Alydus calcaratusAlydus calcaratus2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis2024
Clogmia albipunctataClogmia albipunctata2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2023
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2023
SyrphusSyrphus2023
LuciliaLucilia2023
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2023
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
EupeodesEupeodes2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022

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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