Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.04312, 0.74011
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Yellowhammer
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 114m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Yellowhammer
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 114m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Lapwing, Yellowhammer, Shelduck +92 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Lapwing, Yellowhammer, Shelduck +92 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Migrant Hawker, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly +23 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Broad-leaved Dock, Ash +46 more · last seen 2021
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 11 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 172Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 172National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route622 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 622 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route280 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 280 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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St Mary's Church, Reading Street
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Wildlife to spot
2,316 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,316 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springautumn
2025▾
Lapwing · Yellowhammer · Redwing · Fieldfare · Whitethroat +49
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- TealAnas crecca2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2023
- GadwallMareca strepera2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2023▾
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Cantharis rustica · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle +3
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2022
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2022
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,316 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springautumn
2025▾
Lapwing · Yellowhammer · Redwing · Fieldfare · Whitethroat +49
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- TealAnas crecca2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2023
- GadwallMareca strepera2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2023▾
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Cantharis rustica · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle +3
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2022
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2022
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata2022
Coccinella septempunctata2022
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum2022Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum2022