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St Thomas a Becket's Well

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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidToilets

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Cheilosia, Sphaerophoria, Batman Hoverfly +51 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Cheilosia, Sphaerophoria, Batman Hoverfly +51 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Darent Valley PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Woodland Ramble, KnoleWalking route4 km

Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route

North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Greensand WayWalking route

Named routeRef GWRegional walking route

Family Walk, KnoleWalking route5 km

This is a 5km walk over a mixture of hard surfaces and concrete. There are also sections of short grass and bare earth. Paths climb and descend throughout the walk. Dogs welcome on a lead. This walk is suited to visitors with sturdy pushchairs.

Named routeLength 5 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

Park Lanebridleway · 722 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 722 mSurface compactedPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

34,395 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

34,395 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

summerwinter

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Moorhen +55

MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CootFulica atra2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

summer

2025

Hedgehog · Red Fox · Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Badger

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
BadgerMeles meles

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects20 species

summer

2026

16-spot Ladybird · Ectophasia crassipennis · Meadow Grasshopper · Sphaerophoria · Eristalis nemorum +15

16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2025
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025
Southern Hawker

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

34,395 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

summerwinter

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Moorhen +55

MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CootFulica atra2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

summer

2025

Hedgehog · Red Fox · Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Badger

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
BadgerMeles meles

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects20 species

summer

2026

16-spot Ladybird · Ectophasia crassipennis · Meadow Grasshopper · Sphaerophoria · Eristalis nemorum +15

16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2025
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025
Southern Hawker

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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