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Getting here
51.25775, 1.08806
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦40+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Nightingale and Turtle Dove
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 325m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦40+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Nightingale and Turtle Dove
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 325m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Nightingale, Turtle Dove, Firecrest +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Nightingale, Turtle Dove, Firecrest +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax, Marmalade Hoverfly +35 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Cleavers, Common Nettle +11 more · last seen 2024
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Black TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
Merton Lane (North)public footpath · 232 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 232 mSurface concretePath type: service
Langton Lanepublic footpath · 135 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 135 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Merton Lane (North)public footpath · 234 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 234 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
197 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 183Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 183National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Great Stour WayCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Junction of Merton Lane with the B2068 Nackington Road
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Wildlife to spot
6,769 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,769 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Nightingale · Turtle Dove · Firecrest · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +35
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Field Vole +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Beaver
Slow-worm
🐝Insects38 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Stag Beetle · Pachyrhinus lethierryi +33
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
- Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi2025
Creeping Buttercup · Cleavers · Bramble · Dog-rose · Blackthorn +9
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- CleaversGalium aparine
- BrambleRubus
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- MapleAcer
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,769 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Nightingale · Turtle Dove · Firecrest · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +35
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Field Vole +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Beaver
Slow-worm
🐝Insects38 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Stag Beetle · Pachyrhinus lethierryi +33
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
- Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi2025
Creeping Buttercup · Cleavers · Bramble · Dog-rose · Blackthorn +9
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- CleaversGalium aparine
- BrambleRubus
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- MapleAcer
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Castor fiber2025
Castor fiber2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2025Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Nephrotoma appendiculataNephrotoma appendiculata2025Nephrotoma appendiculataNephrotoma appendiculata2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Leistus rufomarginatusLeistus rufomarginatus2025Leistus rufomarginatusLeistus rufomarginatus2025Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2025Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2025Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2024Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Ryegrass
Ryegrass
Lolium
Lolium
CinquefoilPotentillaCinquefoilPotentillaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumDockRumexDockRumexGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago major