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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Carrion Crow
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Carrion Crow
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

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🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPicnic spotPlayground

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3 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Magpie +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Magpie +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Water Scorpion · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Water Scorpion · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Speldhurst Link)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Groombridge Link)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km

Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route

Eden Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route

Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route

English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities

Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route

NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route

Route 21Cycling route

Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route2.2 km

Named routeRef 21Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route234 m

Named routeRef 18Length 234 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

29,347 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

29,347 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

winter

2025

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Coal Tit · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow +33

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
NuthatchSitta europaea
RobinErithacus rubecula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
DunnockPrunella modularis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
JayGarrulus glandarius
Common GullLarus canus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
RavenCorvus corax
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis

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Insects1 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

29,347 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

winter

2025

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Coal Tit · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow +33

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
NuthatchSitta europaea
RobinErithacus rubecula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
DunnockPrunella modularis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
JayGarrulus glandarius
Common GullLarus canus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
RavenCorvus corax
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Chris Whippet · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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