Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.19202, 0.84737
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Wren
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 141m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Wren
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 141m 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 — Robin, Wren, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Robin, Wren, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Green Shieldbug +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named hiking route nearby: North Downs Way (Eastern); Named hiking route nearby: North Downs Way (Eastern)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Beech Walk & SculpturesWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
73 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Comma TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Orange Tip TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
Proposed NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Photos
Memorial in the churchyard of St. Mary's church, Westwell
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,829 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,829 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Coot · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Mallard +47
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Small White · Gatekeeper · Green Shieldbug · Meadow Brown · Brown Hawker +21
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
- Phaonia validaPhaonia valida
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,829 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Coot · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Mallard +47
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Small White · Gatekeeper · Green Shieldbug · Meadow Brown · Brown Hawker +21
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
- Phaonia validaPhaonia valida
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Juniper Shieldbug
Juniper Shieldbug
Cyphostethus tristriatus
Cyphostethus tristriatus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2024Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2024Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2024Abdera biflexuosaAbdera biflexuosa2024Abdera biflexuosaAbdera biflexuosa2024Altica lythriAltica lythri2024Altica lythriAltica lythri2024Agrilus viridisAgrilus viridis2024Agrilus viridisAgrilus viridis2024Agrilus laticornisAgrilus laticornis2024Agrilus laticornisAgrilus laticornis2024Temnocerus coeruleusTemnocerus coeruleus2024Temnocerus coeruleusTemnocerus coeruleus2024MagdalisMagdalis2024MagdalisMagdalis2024Orchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorum2024Orchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorum2024Events & activities nearby
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