Martello tower no 6, Sandgate, Folkestone
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🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.07542, 1.14252
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦122+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Brent Goose and Common Scoter
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Orchard Lane Coffee House — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦122+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Brent Goose and Common Scoter
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Orchard Lane Coffee House — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Brent Goose, Common Scoter, Sandwich Tern +119 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Brent Goose, Common Scoter, Sandwich Tern +119 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 24 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
Bybrook Waypublic footpath · 72 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 72 mPath type: residential
83 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
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Martello Tower number 6, Folkestone
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
42,352 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
42,352 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBrent Goose · Common Scoter · Sandwich Tern · Shelduck · Razorbill +49
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Bat
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects39 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Firebug · Common Darter · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +34
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Forked Veilwort · Minute Pouncewort
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
- Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,352 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBrent Goose · Common Scoter · Sandwich Tern · Shelduck · Razorbill +49
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Bat
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects39 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Firebug · Common Darter · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +34
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Forked Veilwort · Minute Pouncewort
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
- Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Southern Green Shieldbug
Southern Green Shieldbug
Nezara viridula2025
Nezara viridula2025
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusCarabid BeetleCarabidaeCarabid BeetleCarabidaeSilver FishLepisma saccharinumSilver FishLepisma saccharinumDryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa2025Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae2025LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Platycis minutusPlatycis minutus2025Platycis minutusPlatycis minutus2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Red-veined DarterSympetrum fonscolombii2025Red-veined DarterSympetrum fonscolombii2025EurygasterEurygaster2025EurygasterEurygaster2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025