Syndale Sports and Leisure Centre
56 ha
Plan your visit
🌳Ancient🦅Birds💜Bluebells
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome56 ha
Getting here
51.31191, 0.86085
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 💜Bluebell walks 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
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +80 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Bifid Crestwort · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +80 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Two Creeks Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Swale Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 183Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 183National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route27 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route34 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 34 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Photos
Ghostly winter trees in the mist, Syndale Park
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Wildlife to spot
17,505 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,505 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Robin · Wren · Blue Tit · Chaffinch +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Badger · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Hazel Dormouse
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects16 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Onthophagus coenobita · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Common Red Soldier Beetle +11
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Onthophagus coenobitaOnthophagus coenobita2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Bifid Crestwort
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,505 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Robin · Wren · Blue Tit · Chaffinch +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Badger · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Hazel Dormouse
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects16 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Onthophagus coenobita · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Common Red Soldier Beetle +11
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Onthophagus coenobitaOnthophagus coenobita2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Bifid Crestwort
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas