Roman Catholic Church of St Thomas More
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Places › England › South East › Tonbridge and Malling Getting here
51.29489, 0.41881
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 264m away — 6 car parks within reach 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 264m away — 6 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Starling +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Starling +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +53 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Swartz's Feather-moss, Whitish Feather-moss +47 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Swartz's Feather-moss, Whitish Feather-moss +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Augustine Camino Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Oftord to Canterbury Cathedral Walking route ▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Scenic Green Trail Section 1 Walking route 6.4 km ▾
Named route Ref SGT1 Length 6.4 km Local walking route
Show on map North Downs Way (Eastern) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map Greensand Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref GW Regional walking route
Show on map 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 177 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 17 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 17 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 178 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 178 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 962 m ▾
Named route Ref 17 Length 962 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.7 km ▾
Named route Ref 17 Length 1.7 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
12,109 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 12,109 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Magpie · Wren · Coot +34
Pochard Aythya ferina2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Coot Fulica atra Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Tit Parus major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Gadwall Mareca strepera2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Merlin Falco columbarius2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2024 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
Squirrel · Rabbit
Squirrel Sciurus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Large White · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · 7-spot Ladybird +21
Large White Pieris brassicae2024 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Rhyzobius Rhyzobius Wood Bristle-moss · Wall Scalewort · Streblotrichum convolutum · Straw Bristle-moss · Supine Plait-moss +9
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Wall Scalewort Porella platyphylla Streblotrichum convolutum Streblotrichum convolutum Straw Bristle-moss Orthotrichum stramineum Supine Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 12,109 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Magpie · Wren · Coot +34
Pochard Aythya ferina2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Coot Fulica atra Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Tit Parus major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Gadwall Mareca strepera2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Merlin Falco columbarius2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2024 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
Squirrel · Rabbit
Squirrel Sciurus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Large White · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · 7-spot Ladybird +21
Large White Pieris brassicae2024 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Rhyzobius Rhyzobius Wood Bristle-moss · Wall Scalewort · Streblotrichum convolutum · Straw Bristle-moss · Supine Plait-moss +9
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Wall Scalewort Porella platyphylla Streblotrichum convolutum Streblotrichum convolutum Straw Bristle-moss Orthotrichum stramineum Supine Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2024
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2024
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Anthonomus bituberculatus Anthonomus bituberculatus
Anthonomus bituberculatus Anthonomus bituberculatus
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Sitaris muralis Sitaris muralis
Sitaris muralis Sitaris muralis
Large Walnut Aphid Panaphis juglandis
Large Walnut Aphid Panaphis juglandis
Scale Insect Sternorrhyncha
Scale Insect Sternorrhyncha
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus
Mecinus pascuorum Mecinus pascuorum
Mecinus pascuorum Mecinus pascuorum
Pogonocherus hispidus Pogonocherus hispidus
Pogonocherus hispidus Pogonocherus hispidus
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Lucilia Lucilia2024
Lucilia Lucilia2024
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2024
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2024
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2024
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2024 Marble Screw-moss
Marble Screw-moss
Syntrichia papillosa
Syntrichia papillosa
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum
Intermediate Screw-moss Syntrichia montana
Intermediate Screw-moss Syntrichia montana
Whitish Feather-moss Brachythecium albicans
Whitish Feather-moss Brachythecium albicans
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata 