Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.12701, 1.31348
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Blue Tit +82 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Blue Tit +82 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Red Soldier Beetle +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
92 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1 Dover to CanterburyCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV5International cycle route
Photos
Manning and Thurston Fun Fairs, Pencester Gardens
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
23,555 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,555 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
winterspring
2026▾
Oedemera femoralis · 7-spot Ladybird · Liophloeus tessulatus · Bibio johannis · Syrphus torvus +4
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus
- Bibio johannisBibio johannis
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,555 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
winterspring
2026▾
Oedemera femoralis · 7-spot Ladybird · Liophloeus tessulatus · Bibio johannis · Syrphus torvus +4
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus
- Bibio johannisBibio johannis
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pea-leaf Weevil
Pea-leaf Weevil
Sitona lineatus
Sitona lineatus
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Events & activities nearby
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