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St Mary's Church

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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
🅿️Parking 338m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking 338m away — 2 car parks within reach

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Robin, Blackcap, Blackbird +30 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blackcap, Blackbird +30 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large White, Small White, Common Darter +67 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Small White, Common Darter +67 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Miner's Way Trail

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Miner's Way TrailWalking route43.5 km

Named routeLength 43.5 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route

Named routeRef VFInternational walking route

North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route

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

EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route

Named routeRef EV5International cycle route

Skylark TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

N/ACycling route262 m

Named routeRef 16Length 262 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Blue TrailMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

9 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

9,612 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,612 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Robin · Blackcap · Buzzard · Blackbird · Wren +31

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great TitParus major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023

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Mammals4 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Bank Vole · House Mouse

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2024
House MouseMus musculus2024

🐝

Insects70 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Large White · Small White · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Meadow Brown +65

Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
PeacockAglais io2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
HornetVespa crabro
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
WallLasiommata megera2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Sylvicola fuscatusSylvicola fuscatus
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris
Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
EupeodesEupeodes
Platystomos albinusPlatystomos albinus
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2024
Drosophila immigransDrosophila immigrans2024
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Drilus flavescensDrilus flavescens2024
Suillia variegataSuillia variegata2024
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2024
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2024
St Marks FlyBibio marci2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
House-flyMusca domestica2024
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2023

🌿

Plants4 species

springsummer

2024

Common Liverwort · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Common Cord-moss

Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,612 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Robin · Blackcap · Buzzard · Blackbird · Wren +31

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great TitParus major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Bank Vole · House Mouse

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2024
House MouseMus musculus2024

🐝

Insects70 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Large White · Small White · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Meadow Brown +65

Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
PeacockAglais io2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
HornetVespa crabro
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
WallLasiommata megera2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Sylvicola fuscatusSylvicola fuscatus
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris
Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
EupeodesEupeodes
Platystomos albinusPlatystomos albinus
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2024
Drosophila immigransDrosophila immigrans2024
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Drilus flavescensDrilus flavescens2024
Suillia variegataSuillia variegata2024
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2024
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2024
St Marks FlyBibio marci2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
House-flyMusca domestica2024
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2023

🌿

Plants4 species

springsummer

2024

Common Liverwort · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Common Cord-moss

Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Marathon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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