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Pennington Grounds

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Getting here

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕Blended — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕Blended — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParkingPicnic spotPlaygroundToilets

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swallow, Magpie, Nuthatch +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Swallow, Magpie, Nuthatch +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Platycheirus albimanus, Potato Capsid, Swollen-thighed Beetle +11 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Platycheirus albimanus, Potato Capsid, Swollen-thighed Beetle +11 more · last seen 2025

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Speldhurst Link)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Groombridge Link)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Eden Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km

Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route

High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route

Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

64 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route

NCN National Route 178Cycling route

Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route138 m

Named routeRef 12Length 138 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route90 m

Named routeLength 90 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route49 m

Named routeRef 12Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

17,260 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

17,260 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

autumnwinter

2026

Redwing · Blue Tit · Magpie · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +34

RedwingTurdus iliacus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025

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Mammals5 species

autumn

2026

Roe Deer · Mole · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
MoleTalpa europaea
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Fallow DeerDama dama2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

17,260 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

autumnwinter

2026

Redwing · Blue Tit · Magpie · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +34

RedwingTurdus iliacus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2026

Roe Deer · Mole · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
MoleTalpa europaea
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Fallow DeerDama dama2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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