Royal Military Canal, Kenardington Bridge to Warehorne Bridge
8 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.05181, 0.83013
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Chiffchaff
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Chiffchaff
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Chiffchaff, Jackdaw +68 more · last seen 2026; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Chiffchaff, Jackdaw +68 more · last seen 2026; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Western Honey Bee +113 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
N/ACycling route290 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 290 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route74 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Royal Military Canal Path towards Warehorne
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,612 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,612 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Wren +45
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · American Mink
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- American MinkNeovison vison2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Marsh Frog
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
Glow-worm · Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Vine Weevil · Western Conifer Seed Bug +5
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,612 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Wren +45
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · American Mink
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- American MinkNeovison vison2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Marsh Frog
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
Glow-worm · Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Vine Weevil · Western Conifer Seed Bug +5
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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