St George's Gardens of Rest
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.22520, 1.40148
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Hope & Lane — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Hope & Lane — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Starling, Blackbird, House Sparrow +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Starling, Blackbird, House Sparrow +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST GEORGE
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Miner's Way TrailWalking route43.5 km▾
Named routeLength 43.5 kmRound tripRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Folkestone to RamsgateWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1 Dover to CanterburyCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Skylark TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route85 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 85 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Blue TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
St George, High Street, Deal
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
12,340 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,340 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Starling · Blackbird · Turnstone · Herring Gull · Cormorant +39
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Water Vole · Red Fox · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Eristalis pertinax +36
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- SyrphusSyrphus
🌿Plants2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Wall Screw-moss · Common Liverwort
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,340 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Starling · Blackbird · Turnstone · Herring Gull · Cormorant +39
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Water Vole · Red Fox · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Eristalis pertinax +36
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- SyrphusSyrphus
🌿Plants2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Wall Screw-moss · Common Liverwort
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2025Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2025Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Poecilobothrus nobilitatusPoecilobothrus nobilitatus2025Poecilobothrus nobilitatusPoecilobothrus nobilitatus2025PegomyaPegomya2025PegomyaPegomya2025AphidAphididae2025AphidAphididae2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025St Marks FlyBibio marci2025St Marks FlyBibio marci2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024EurygasterEurygaster2024EurygasterEurygaster2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Cercyon littoralisCercyon littoralis2024Cercyon littoralisCercyon littoralis2024Halobrecta algaeHalobrecta algae2024Halobrecta algaeHalobrecta algae2024Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus2024Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus2024Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2024Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2024FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2024EristalisEristalis2024EristalisEristalis2024Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipesPhytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes2024Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipesPhytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes2024Fan-bristled RobberflyDysmachus trigonus2024Fan-bristled RobberflyDysmachus trigonus2024Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2024Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2024Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2024Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2024Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2024Events & activities nearby
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