Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.17505, 0.75516
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦28+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦28+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Blackbird
- ✦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 — Magpie, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Peacock +34 more · last seen 2025
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 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
Fens & Dragonflys WalkWalking route▾
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Comma TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route273 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 273 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route39 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
The church of St. Nicholas, Pluckley
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,231 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,231 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Green Woodpecker +23
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- SwiftApus apus2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
Wood Mouse · Hedgehog · Yellow-necked Mouse · Badger · Grey Squirrel +3
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis2023
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2020▾
Common Toad
Red Admiral · Small White · Peacock · Gatekeeper · Painted Lady +32
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Branched Bur-reed
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,231 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Green Woodpecker +23
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- SwiftApus apus2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
Wood Mouse · Hedgehog · Yellow-necked Mouse · Badger · Grey Squirrel +3
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis2023
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2020▾
Common Toad
Red Admiral · Small White · Peacock · Gatekeeper · Painted Lady +32
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Branched Bur-reed
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022BatChiroptera2021BatChiroptera20212019
2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019HornetVespa crabro2020HornetVespa crabro2020Polycentropus flavomaculatusPolycentropus flavomaculatus2019Polycentropus flavomaculatusPolycentropus flavomaculatus2019Goera pilosaGoera pilosa2019Goera pilosaGoera pilosa2019Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2019Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2019Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2019Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2019Tinodes waeneriTinodes waeneri2019Tinodes waeneriTinodes waeneri2019Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2019Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2019Hydropsyche angustipennisHydropsyche angustipennis2019Hydropsyche angustipennisHydropsyche angustipennis2019Tipula vernalisTipula vernalisTipula vernalisTipula vernalisDark-winged SoldierOxycera analisDark-winged SoldierOxycera analisGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2023Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2023White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2020White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2020Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana20207-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20207-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2020Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2020Athripsodes cinereusAthripsodes cinereus2019Athripsodes cinereusAthripsodes cinereus2019Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2019Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2019Cyrnus trimaculatusCyrnus trimaculatus2019Cyrnus trimaculatusCyrnus trimaculatus2019Limnephilus rhombicusLimnephilus rhombicus2019Limnephilus rhombicusLimnephilus rhombicus2019Goat MothCossus cossus2019Goat MothCossus cossus2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2019Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2019Agapetus fuscipesAgapetus fuscipes2019Agapetus fuscipesAgapetus fuscipes2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Events & activities nearby
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