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Orsett Golf Course

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Paid entryDogs welcome

Getting here

51.49913, 0.38919

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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
⛳Golf 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
⛳Golf 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

5 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +59 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Spiked Shieldbug, Shrill Carder Bee, Southern Green Shieldbug +6 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Spiked Shieldbug, Shrill Carder Bee, Southern Green Shieldbug +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

Hoo Peninsula PathWalking route

Named route

Thames Estuary PathWalking route46.6 km

Named routeLength 46.6 kmNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to WoolwichWalking route76 km

Named routeRef ECPLength 76 kmNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

47 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route29 m

Named routeRef 13Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route794 m

Named routeRef 13Length 794 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route191 m

Named routeRef 13Length 191 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

14,623 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,623 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds14 species

autumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Black-tailed Godwit · Pintail +9

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
PochardAythya ferina
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects6 species

autumn

2025

Spiked Shieldbug · Southern Green Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Eurygaster maura · Violet Ground Beetle +1

Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Eurygaster mauraEurygaster maura
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,623 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds14 species

autumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Black-tailed Godwit · Pintail +9

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
PochardAythya ferina
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Seal

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects6 species

autumn

2025

Spiked Shieldbug · Southern Green Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Eurygaster maura · Violet Ground Beetle +1

Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Eurygaster mauraEurygaster maura
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Glyn Baker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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