Manor Park Country Park 8 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 8 ha
Places › England › South East › Tonbridge and Malling Getting here
51.28928, 0.40624
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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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground on site — 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Swartz's Feather-moss, Whitish Feather-moss +44 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Swartz's Feather-moss, Whitish Feather-moss +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Augustine Camino Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Oftord to Canterbury Cathedral Walking route ▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Scenic Green Trail Section 1 Walking route 6.4 km ▾
Named route Ref SGT1 Length 6.4 km Local walking route
Show on map North Downs Way (Eastern) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map Greensand Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref GW Regional walking route
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 177 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 178 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 178 National Cycle Network
Show on map Photos Douce's Meadow, Manor Park Country Park
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Wildlife to spot
28,409 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 28,409 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +35
Pochard Aythya ferina Shoveler Spatula clypeata Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis House Martin Delichon urbicum Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Rock Dove Columba livia Blackbird Turdus merula Gadwall Mareca strepera2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Swallow Hirundo rustica House Sparrow Passer domesticus Swift Apus apus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Merlin Falco columbarius2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Rabbit
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Large White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Common Blue +19
Large White Pieris brassicae2024 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2024 Rhyzobius Rhyzobius Springy Turf-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum · Swartz's Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort +6
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Streblotrichum convolutum Streblotrichum convolutum Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 28,409 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +35
Pochard Aythya ferina Shoveler Spatula clypeata Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis House Martin Delichon urbicum Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Rock Dove Columba livia Blackbird Turdus merula Gadwall Mareca strepera2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Swallow Hirundo rustica House Sparrow Passer domesticus Swift Apus apus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Merlin Falco columbarius2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Rabbit
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Large White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Common Blue +19
Large White Pieris brassicae2024 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2024 Rhyzobius Rhyzobius Springy Turf-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum · Swartz's Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort +6
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Streblotrichum convolutum Streblotrichum convolutum Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Anthonomus bituberculatus Anthonomus bituberculatus
Anthonomus bituberculatus Anthonomus bituberculatus
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus
Mecinus pascuorum Mecinus pascuorum
Mecinus pascuorum Mecinus pascuorum
Pogonocherus hispidus Pogonocherus hispidus
Pogonocherus hispidus Pogonocherus hispidus
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2024
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2024
Figwort Sawfly Tenthredo scrophulariae2024
Figwort Sawfly Tenthredo scrophulariae2024
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2024
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2024 Intermediate Screw-moss
Intermediate Screw-moss
Syntrichia montana
Syntrichia montana
Whitish Feather-moss Brachythecium albicans
Whitish Feather-moss Brachythecium albicans
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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