Sarah-Jayne Memorial Play Area 9 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 9 ha
Places › England › South East › Canterbury Getting here
51.35283, 1.13414
Open directionsv 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 103m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 103m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +49 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug, Epistrophe eligans +56 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug, Epistrophe eligans +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Stour Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 82.9 km Regional walking route
Show on map Saxon Shore Way Walking route 262 km ▾
Named route Length 262 km Regional walking route
Show on map Augustine Camino Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to Whitstable Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Wantsum Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Charnwood Road public footpath · 131 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 131 m Path type: residential
Show on map Hawe Farm Way public footpath · 110 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 110 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map 37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 15 Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 1 Dover to Canterbury Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map N/A Cycling route 19 m ▾
Named route Ref 15 Length 19 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 1.3 km ▾
Named route Ref 15 Length 1.3 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface grass
Show on map N/A Cycling route 2.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 15 Length 2.1 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface concrete
Show on map N/A Cycling route 295 m ▾
Named route Ref 15 Length 295 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Photos Play area off Canterbury Road, Herne
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Wildlife to spot
25,200 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 25,200 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 32 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Wren · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker +27
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jay Garrulus glandarius Dunnock Prunella modularis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Starling Sturnus vulgaris Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Swift Apus apus2025 🦌 Mammals 14 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · House Mouse · Hazel Dormouse +9
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 House Mouse Mus musculus Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2025 Bat Chiroptera Adder
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes +20
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eupeodes Eupeodes 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 25,200 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 32 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Wren · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker +27
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jay Garrulus glandarius Dunnock Prunella modularis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Starling Sturnus vulgaris Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Swift Apus apus2025 🦌 Mammals 14 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · House Mouse · Hazel Dormouse +9
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 House Mouse Mus musculus Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2025 Bat Chiroptera Adder
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes +20
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eupeodes Eupeodes 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Bank Vole Myodes glareolus2025
Bank Vole Myodes glareolus2025
Mole Talpa europaea2025
Mole Talpa europaea2025
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Nathusius's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii2025
Nathusius's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii2025
Noctule Nyctalus noctula2025
Noctule Nyctalus noctula2025
Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis2025
Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis2025
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2025
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2025
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria2025
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria2025
Cow Wheat Shieldbug Adomerus biguttatus2025
Cow Wheat Shieldbug Adomerus biguttatus2025
Norfolk Aeshna Aeshna isoceles2025
Norfolk Aeshna Aeshna isoceles2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Tree Hopper Centrotus cornutus2025
Tree Hopper Centrotus cornutus2025
Ampedus balteatus Ampedus balteatus2025
Ampedus balteatus Ampedus balteatus2025 