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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.06877, 0.68713
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦24+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Meeting Point — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦24+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Meeting Point — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Starling, House Sparrow, Blue Tit +21 more · last seen 2026
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: PARISH CHURCH OF ST MILDRED; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Birds — Starling, House Sparrow, Blue Tit +21 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 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
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route47 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route346 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 346 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route16 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Pipes inside organ, St Mildred's church, Tenterden
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Wildlife to spot
15,027 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,027 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Starling · House Sparrow · Blue Tit · House Martin · Robin +19
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Field Vole · Brown Long-eared Bat
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
Grass Snake · Slow-worm
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians4 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects58 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Dock Bug · Vine Weevil · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly +53
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,027 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Starling · House Sparrow · Blue Tit · House Martin · Robin +19
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Field Vole · Brown Long-eared Bat
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
Grass Snake · Slow-worm
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians4 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects58 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Dock Bug · Vine Weevil · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly +53
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2025Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaOcysOcysOcysOcysViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Otiorhynchus crataegiOtiorhynchus crataegi2025Otiorhynchus crataegiOtiorhynchus crataegi2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Iris WeevilMononychus punctumalbum2025Iris WeevilMononychus punctumalbum2025HornetVespa crabro2025HornetVespa crabro2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025AphidAphididae2025AphidAphididae2025ParhelophilusParhelophilus2025ParhelophilusParhelophilus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis2025Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis2025Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus2025Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus2025Helops caeruleusHelops caeruleus2024Helops caeruleusHelops caeruleus2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024