Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
51.28903, 0.40793
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Country park — good for group day out
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Country park — designed for family visits
Free
Dogs allowed — country park
Free
Country park — managed habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Section 1Walking route6.4 km▾
Named routeRef SGT1Length 6.4 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
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Douce's Meadow (3), Manor Park Country Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
23,976 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,976 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +35
- PochardAythya ferina
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large White · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Common Blue +20
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- RhyzobiusRhyzobius
Springy Turf-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum · Swartz's Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort +6
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,976 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +35
- PochardAythya ferina
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large White · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Common Blue +20
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- RhyzobiusRhyzobius
Springy Turf-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum · Swartz's Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort +6
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Intermediate Screw-moss
Intermediate Screw-moss
Syntrichia montana
Syntrichia montana
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataEvents & activities nearby
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