Roman site, Butchery Lane 0 ha
🦉 Wildlife✦ Heritage🧺 Picnic
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Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Archaeological site scheduled monument
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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Anthracite Bee-fly +78 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Anthracite Bee-fly +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +46 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 13 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Red Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
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Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Elham Valley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 40km Regional walking route
Show on map Stour Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 82.9 km Regional walking route
Show on map Via Francigena - 01 part Great Britain Walking route ▾
Named route Ref VF International walking route
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Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 18 National Cycle Network
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Named route Ref 183 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 17 Regional cycle route
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Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Great Stour Way Cycling route ▾
Named route National Cycle Network
Show on map Pilgrims Cycle Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
16,742 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 16,742 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Moorhen +41
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Jay Garrulus glandarius Wren Troglodytes troglodytes House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Dunnock Prunella modularis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Buzzard Buteo buteo Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Coal Tit Periparus ater Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 🦌 Mammals 15 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit · Wood Mouse · Brown Rat +10
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Mole Talpa europaea Badger 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 16 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Box Bug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly +11
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Capillary Thread-moss
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 16,742 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Moorhen +41
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Jay Garrulus glandarius Wren Troglodytes troglodytes House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Dunnock Prunella modularis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Buzzard Buteo buteo Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Coal Tit Periparus ater Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 🦌 Mammals 15 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit · Wood Mouse · Brown Rat +10
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Mole Talpa europaea Badger 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 16 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Box Bug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly +11
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Capillary Thread-moss
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meles meles
Meles meles
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus
Field Vole Microtus agrestis
Field Vole Microtus agrestis
Beaver Castor fiber
Beaver Castor fiber
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
Vole Arvicolinae
Vole Arvicolinae
Weasel Mustela nivalis
Weasel Mustela nivalis
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2025
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus2025
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Rhamphus oxyacanthae Rhamphus oxyacanthae2025
Rhamphus oxyacanthae Rhamphus oxyacanthae2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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