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Public accessDogs welcome

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Robin, Blackbird +83 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Blackbird +83 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Otiorhynchus indefinitus, Bibio johannis, Eristalis tenax +5 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Otiorhynchus indefinitus, Bibio johannis, Eristalis tenax +5 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

12 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route

Named routeRef E9International walking route

North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route

Named routeRef VFInternational walking route

North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

88 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route

National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route

NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route

NCN National Route 1 Dover to CanterburyCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route

Named routeRef EV5International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

96,871 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

96,871 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2026

Magpie · Dunnock · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +45

MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐝

Insects6 species

winterspring

2026

Otiorhynchus indefinitus · Bibio johannis · Eristalis tenax · Pea-leaf Weevil · 10-spot Ladybird +1

Otiorhynchus indefinitusOtiorhynchus indefinitus
Bibio johannisBibio johannis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

96,871 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2026

Magpie · Dunnock · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +45

MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐝

Insects6 species

winterspring

2026

Otiorhynchus indefinitus · Bibio johannis · Eristalis tenax · Pea-leaf Weevil · 10-spot Ladybird +1

Otiorhynchus indefinitusOtiorhynchus indefinitus
Bibio johannisBibio johannis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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