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Ruxley Golf Course

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Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Carrion Crow
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Carrion Crow
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

6 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

22 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

LOOP link to Crayford stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route

part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral

Named routeRegional walking route

Green Chain Walk section 7Walking route

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

Green Chain Walk section 9BWalking route

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

Route FP144Walking route

Named routeRef FP144Local walking route

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Cycling

19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

LCN 65Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

73,958 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

73,958 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon +45

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
CootFulica atra2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Red Fox · Grey Squirrel

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

73,958 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon +45

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
CootFulica atra2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Red Fox · Grey Squirrel

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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