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🦅 Birds✦ Heritage🦉 Wildlife
Public access Dogs welcome 22 ha
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About SISSINGHURST CASTLE Sissinghurst Castle Garden, at Sissinghurst in the Weald of Kent in England, was created by Vita Sackville-West, poet and writer, and her husband Harold Nicolson, author and diplomat. It is among the most famous gardens in England and is designated Grade I on Historic England's register of historic parks and gardens. It was bought by Sackville-West in 1930, and over the next thirty years, working with, and later succeeded by, a series of notable head gardeners, she and Nicolson transformed a farmstead of "squalor and slovenly disorder" into one of the world's most influential gardens.
Read more on Wikipedia → Garden Grade I listed park and garden
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin ✦ 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
🐦 63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin ✦ 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 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
✦ Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: WEST RANGE AT SISSINGHURST CASTLE; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +81 more · last seen 2025; Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
High Weald Landscape Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HWLT Listed length 145km Regional walking route
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Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 18 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 5 km ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 5 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 1.1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 714 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 714 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 628 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 628 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 40 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 40 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
20,066 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 20,066 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Robin · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit +44
Robin Erithacus rubecula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Dunnock Prunella modularis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Starling Sturnus vulgaris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Greylag Goose Anser anser Nuthatch Sitta europaea Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Swallow Hirundo rustica Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Stock Dove Columba oenas Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Skylark Alauda arvensis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Rook Corvus frugilegus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Redwing Turdus iliacus Raven Corvus corax Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Rock Dove Columba livia Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Jay Garrulus glandarius Whitethroat Curruca communis Coal Tit Periparus ater Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Brown Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Downy Emerald · Beautiful Demoiselle +15
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Blue-tailed Damselfly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 20,066 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Robin · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit +44
Robin Erithacus rubecula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Dunnock Prunella modularis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Starling Sturnus vulgaris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Greylag Goose Anser anser Nuthatch Sitta europaea Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Swallow Hirundo rustica Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Stock Dove Columba oenas Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Skylark Alauda arvensis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Rook Corvus frugilegus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Redwing Turdus iliacus Raven Corvus corax Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Rock Dove Columba livia Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Jay Garrulus glandarius Whitethroat Curruca communis Coal Tit Periparus ater Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Brown Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Downy Emerald · Beautiful Demoiselle +15
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Blue-tailed Damselfly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ischnura elegans
Ischnura elegans
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria
Ectophasia crassipennis Ectophasia crassipennis
Ectophasia crassipennis Ectophasia crassipennis
Blue Shieldbug Zicrona caerulea
Blue Shieldbug Zicrona caerulea
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense