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Rookery Hill

2 ha

WildlifeBirdsDogs

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground 201m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ 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
🛝Playground 201m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren +39 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren +39 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Great Green Bush-cricket, Southern Oak Bush-cricket, Small Tortoiseshell +31 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Great Green Bush-cricket, Southern Oak Bush-cricket, Small Tortoiseshell +31 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

playground

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

WealdwayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

Hoo Peninsula PathWalking route

Named route

Thames Estuary PathWalking route46.6 km

Named routeLength 46.6 kmNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to WoolwichWalking route76 km

Named routeRef ECPLength 76 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

112 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 137Cycling route

Named routeRef 137Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

NCN 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route25 m

Named routeRef 1Length 25 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks

Wildlife to spot

18,600 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

18,600 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

winterspring

2026

Goldcrest · Blackbird · Robin · Dunnock · Blue Tit +23

GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JayGarrulus glandarius
MagpiePica pica
RedwingTurdus iliacus
JackdawColoeus monedula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Eristalis pertinax

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

18,600 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

winterspring

2026

Goldcrest · Blackbird · Robin · Dunnock · Blue Tit +23

GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JayGarrulus glandarius
MagpiePica pica
RedwingTurdus iliacus
JackdawColoeus monedula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Eristalis pertinax

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Adrian Benn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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