Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.27527, 0.88285
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 296m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 296m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Dotted Bee-fly +251 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Two Creeks Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 183Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 183National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route27 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route34 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 34 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route48 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 48 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route80 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 80 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,739 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,739 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox · Badger · Wood Mouse +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
🐝Insects51 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Dotted Bee-fly · Batman Hoverfly · Volucella inanis · Stag Beetle +46
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,739 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox · Badger · Wood Mouse +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
🐝Insects51 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Dotted Bee-fly · Batman Hoverfly · Volucella inanis · Stag Beetle +46
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Episyrphus balteatus2025
Episyrphus balteatus2025
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