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🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome230 ha
Getting here
51.24939, 0.62600
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Coot
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Boathouse Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Coot
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Boathouse Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Coot, Jackdaw +67 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Rabbit, Red Fox +13 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: LEEDS CASTLE
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 42 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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 4Walking route12 km▾
Named routeRef SGT4Length 12 kmLocal walking route
Scenic Green Trail Section 7Walking route13.6 km▾
Named routeRef SGT7Length 13.6 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
10 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
Main RouteCycling route321 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 321 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route5 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 5 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
7,751 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,751 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw · Canada Goose +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- White-winged Black TernChlidonias leucopterus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
🦌Mammals9 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox · Badger · Mole +4
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Toad
Hornet Hoverfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,751 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw · Canada Goose +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- White-winged Black TernChlidonias leucopterus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
🦌Mammals9 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox · Badger · Mole +4
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Toad
Hornet Hoverfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hedgehog
Hedgehog
Erinaceus europaeus2025
Erinaceus europaeus2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicusBrown RatRattus norvegicusWeaselMustela nivalis2025WeaselMustela nivalis2025Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024