Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.19546, 0.72939
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Stock Dove
- ✦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
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Stock Dove
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Stock Dove, Jackdaw +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST JAMES; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Stock Dove, Jackdaw +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Meadow Brown, Small White +30 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Section 7Walking route13.6 km▾
Named routeRef SGT7Length 13.6 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route477 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 477 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route130 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 130 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route8 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 8 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route320 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 320 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,197 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,197 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Stock Dove · Blackbird · Pheasant +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
🦌Mammals6 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Rabbit · Badger · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse +1
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Water Vole
Large White · Meadow Brown · Small White · Comma · Emperor Dragonfly +16
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2022
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2022
- Small WhitePieris rapae2022
- CommaPolygonia c-album2022
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022
- Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,197 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Stock Dove · Blackbird · Pheasant +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
🦌Mammals6 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Rabbit · Badger · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse +1
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Water Vole
Large White · Meadow Brown · Small White · Comma · Emperor Dragonfly +16
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2022
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2022
- Small WhitePieris rapae2022
- CommaPolygonia c-album2022
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022
- Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Arvicola amphibius2023
Arvicola amphibius2023
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PeacockAglais io2022PeacockAglais io2022Green-veined WhitePieris napi2022Green-veined WhitePieris napi2022GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2022GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2022Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2022Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2022Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2022Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2022Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2022Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2022Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorSmall SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2022Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2022RingletAphantopus hyperantus2022RingletAphantopus hyperantus2022Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2022Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2022