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Margate Cricket Club

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

51.37750, 1.37600

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

10 activities

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 — Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Robin +83 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Robin +83 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Carder Bee, Bumblebee, Western Honey Bee +45 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Bumblebee, Western Honey Bee +45 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Turner & Dickens WalkWalking route

Named routeRef T&DLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Folkestone to RamsgateWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

66 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route

N/ACycling route131 m

Named routeRef 15Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route112 m

Named routeRef 15Length 112 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route92 m

Named routeRef 15Length 92 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route292 m

Named routeRef 15Length 292 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route62 m

Named routeRef 15Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Wildlife to spot

7,928 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,928 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

autumn

2026

Robin · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Wren · Magpie +46

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great TitParus major2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Common GullLarus canus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐝

Insects5 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Syrphus torvus · Gorse Shieldbug · Varied Carpet Beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 7-spot Ladybird

Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025

🌿

Plants10 species

autumn

2025

Swartz's Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Dune Thread-moss · Wavy Beard-moss · Redshank +5

Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus
RedshankCeratodon purpureus
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
Hornschuch's Beard-moss

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,928 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

autumn

2026

Robin · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Wren · Magpie +46

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great TitParus major2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Common GullLarus canus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐝

Insects5 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Syrphus torvus · Gorse Shieldbug · Varied Carpet Beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 7-spot Ladybird

Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025

🌿

Plants10 species

autumn

2025

Swartz's Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Dune Thread-moss · Wavy Beard-moss · Redshank +5

Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus
RedshankCeratodon purpureus
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
Hornschuch's Beard-moss

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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