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Northdown Park

29 ha

📷 Philip Halling · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha

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51.38219, 1.41876

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Fulmar and Herring Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕The Garden Gate Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Fulmar and Herring Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕The Garden Gate Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· FreePlaygroundToilets

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10 activities

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination

Free

Picnic day out

Very strong match

café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Fulmar, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow +92 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Playgrounds

Very strong match

playground, toilets, café, parking

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Fulmar, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow +92 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird, Red-legged Shieldbug +43 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Turner & Dickens WalkWalking route

Named routeRef T&DLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

46 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 route149 m

Named routeRef 15Length 149 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

9 public paths nearby

Public paths

East Northdown Closebridleway · 302 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 302 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

The Spinneybridleway · 31 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 31 mSurface compactedPath type: residential

Crundale Waybridleway · 126 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 126 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

East Northdown Closebridleway · 5 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 5 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway

Old Roadbridleway · 57 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 57 mPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

54,271 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

54,271 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

autumn

2026

Fulmar · Turnstone · Oystercatcher · Pied Wagtail · Starling +52

FulmarFulmarus glacialis
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MagpiePica pica
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

🐝

Insects7 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Syrphus torvus · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Bluebottle · Tephrochlamys tarsalis · Meliscaeva auricollis +2

Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina
Tephrochlamys tarsalisTephrochlamys tarsalis2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025

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Plants11 species

autumn

2026

Bordered Screw-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Intermediate Screw-moss · Swartz's Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss +6

Bordered Screw-mossTortula marginata
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2025
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana2025
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025
Dune Thread-moss

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

54,271 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

autumn

2026

Fulmar · Turnstone · Oystercatcher · Pied Wagtail · Starling +52

FulmarFulmarus glacialis
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MagpiePica pica
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

🐝

Insects7 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Syrphus torvus · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Bluebottle · Tephrochlamys tarsalis · Meliscaeva auricollis +2

Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina
Tephrochlamys tarsalisTephrochlamys tarsalis2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025

🌿

Plants11 species

autumn

2026

Bordered Screw-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Intermediate Screw-moss · Swartz's Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss +6

Bordered Screw-mossTortula marginata
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2025
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana2025
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025
Dune Thread-moss

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Philip Halling · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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