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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › South East › Folkestone and Hythe Getting here
51.03348, 0.87143
Open directionsv 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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ 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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +32 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Nuttall's Waterweed, Dilated Scalewort, Frogbit +14 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Nuttall's Waterweed, Dilated Scalewort, Frogbit +14 more · last seen 2018
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore Way Walking route 262 km ▾
Named route Length 262 km Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E9, Rye to Dover Walking route ▾
Named route Ref E9 International walking route
Show on map Greensand Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref GW Regional walking route
Show on map 18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 11 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 11 Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 Local cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 172 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 172 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Route 2 Dover to Hastings Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 14.6 km ▾
Named route Ref 2 Length 14.6 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.3 km ▾
Named route Ref 2 Length 1.3 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,683 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,683 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Yellowhammer · Woodpigeon · Tree Sparrow · Carrion Crow +28
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2021 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Herring Gull Larus argentatus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2021 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2021 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2021 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2020 Little Owl Athene noctua2018 Swift Apus apus2016 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2016 🦌 Mammals 6 species
summer autumn
2024 ▾
Red Fox · Rabbit · American Mink · Mole · Hedgehog +1
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2021 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2021 American Mink Neovison vison Mole Talpa europaea2021 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Badger Meles meles Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2017 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee · Small Garden Bumblebee +28
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2020 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2022 Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2022 Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2020 Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum2020 Large Garden Bumblebee Nuttall's Waterweed · Dilated Scalewort · Frogbit · Tubular Water-dropwort
Nuttall's Waterweed Elodea nuttallii2014 Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata Frogbit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae2014 Tubular Water-dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa2014 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,683 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Yellowhammer · Woodpigeon · Tree Sparrow · Carrion Crow +28
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2021 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Herring Gull Larus argentatus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2021 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2021 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2021 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2020 Little Owl Athene noctua2018 Swift Apus apus2016 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2016 🦌 Mammals 6 species
summer autumn
2024 ▾
Red Fox · Rabbit · American Mink · Mole · Hedgehog +1
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2021 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2021 American Mink Neovison vison Mole Talpa europaea2021 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Badger Meles meles Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2017 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee · Small Garden Bumblebee +28
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2020 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2022 Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2022 Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2020 Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum2020 Large Garden Bumblebee Nuttall's Waterweed · Dilated Scalewort · Frogbit · Tubular Water-dropwort
Nuttall's Waterweed Elodea nuttallii2014 Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata Frogbit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae2014 Tubular Water-dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa2014 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2020
2020
Bombus ruderatus2020
Bombus ruderatus2020
Bombus lucorum Bombus lucorum2018
Bombus lucorum Bombus lucorum2018
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2018
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2018
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2018
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2018
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae2018
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae2018
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2022
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2022
Graphomya maculata Graphomya maculata2022
Graphomya maculata Graphomya maculata2022
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2022
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2022
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2022
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2022
Syrphus Syrphus2022
Syrphus Syrphus2022
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2022
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2022
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2021
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2021
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2019
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2019
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2019
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2019
Hill Cuckoo Bee Bombus rupestris2018
Hill Cuckoo Bee Bombus rupestris2018
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum2018
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum2018
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2018
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2018
Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis2018
Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis2018
Vestal Cuckoo Bee Bombus vestalis2018
Vestal Cuckoo Bee Bombus vestalis2018
Shore Sexton Beetle Necrodes littoralis2016
Shore Sexton Beetle Necrodes littoralis2016
Enochrus melanocephalus Enochrus melanocephalus2016
Enochrus melanocephalus Enochrus melanocephalus2016