Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.21998, 0.87575
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾The Barn Shop on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾The Barn Shop on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Violet Ground Beetle, Glow-worm, Dark-edged Bee-fly +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 4 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
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Orange Tip TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route11 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 11 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route429 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 429 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
The Barn Shop on Canterbury Road
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,484 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,484 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Wren · Robin · Carrion Crow +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Wood Mouse · Red Fox · Hedgehog
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Violet Ground Beetle · Olibrus corticalis · Migrant Hawker · Leptura quadrifasciata · Southern Hawker +2
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Olibrus corticalisOlibrus corticalis
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,484 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Wren · Robin · Carrion Crow +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Wood Mouse · Red Fox · Hedgehog
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Violet Ground Beetle · Olibrus corticalis · Migrant Hawker · Leptura quadrifasciata · Southern Hawker +2
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Olibrus corticalisOlibrus corticalis
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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