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Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome36 ha
Getting here
51.07543, 0.79473
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Turtle Dove and Nightingale
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾Rarebreeds Farm on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Turtle Dove and Nightingale
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾Rarebreeds Farm on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Turtle Dove, Nightingale, Peregrine +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Turtle Dove, Nightingale, Peregrine +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Western Honey Bee +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Knapweed, Creeping Bent, Yorkshire-fog +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 11 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 172Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 172National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route622 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 622 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route280 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 280 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
16,914 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,914 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Nightingale · Raven · Peregrine · Robin +6
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- RavenCorvus corax
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus
- Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Harlequin Ladybird · Glow-worm · Red-legged Shieldbug · Pterostichus niger · Limnephilus marmoratus +11
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2025
- Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Creeping Bent · Common Knapweed · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Yorkshire-fog · Sweet Vernal-grass +44
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
- Tufted Vetch
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,914 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Nightingale · Raven · Peregrine · Robin +6
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- RavenCorvus corax
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus
- Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Harlequin Ladybird · Glow-worm · Red-legged Shieldbug · Pterostichus niger · Limnephilus marmoratus +11
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2025
- Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Creeping Bent · Common Knapweed · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Yorkshire-fog · Sweet Vernal-grass +44
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
- Tufted Vetch
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2024Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2024Common Furniture BeetleAnobium punctatum2024Common Furniture BeetleAnobium punctatum2024Vicia cracca2024
Vicia cracca2024
Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus2024Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus2024Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2024Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2024Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024Common SedgeCarex nigra2024Common SedgeCarex nigra2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024HorsetailEquisetum2024HorsetailEquisetum2024Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum2024Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum2024Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchiiBruch's PincushionUlota bruchiiElegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegansElegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegansMaidenhair Pocket-mossFissidens adianthoidesMaidenhair Pocket-mossFissidens adianthoidesCommon Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatumCommon Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatumSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumGreater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioidesGreater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioidesForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataHart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatumHart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatumFox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurumFox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurumCommon Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinumCommon Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinumCommon SmoothcapAtrichum undulatumCommon SmoothcapAtrichum undulatumDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataEndive PelliaPellia endiviifoliaEndive PelliaPellia endiviifoliaCape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineareCape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineareLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaAgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2024Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2024Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2024Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024Greater SpearwortRanunculus lingua2024Greater SpearwortRanunculus lingua2024Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024Events & activities nearby
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