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🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.27069, 0.52083
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Black-headed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Tommy's Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Black-headed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Tommy's Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Grade I listed building: THE ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE
Free
Birds — Magpie, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Stage 3Walking route8.8 km▾
Named routeRef SGT3Length 8.8 kmLocal walking route
Scenic Green Trail Stage 4Walking route12 km▾
Named routeRef SGT4Length 12 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
76 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 19 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 19Regional cycle route
NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route23 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 23 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
27,132 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,132 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Starling · Blue Tit +33
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Hedgehog · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Trichocera annulata · Tipula rufina · Sylvicola +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata2025
- Tipula rufinaTipula rufina
- SylvicolaSylvicola
- Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,132 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Starling · Blue Tit +33
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Hedgehog · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Trichocera annulata · Tipula rufina · Sylvicola +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata2025
- Tipula rufinaTipula rufina
- SylvicolaSylvicola
- Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Shieldbug
Green Shieldbug
Palomena prasina2025
Palomena prasina2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025