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The Bay United Reformed Church

📷 David Anstiss · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦110+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Joe's — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦110+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Joe's — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParkingPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Cormorant +107 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Cormorant +107 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, café

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to Whitstable

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Wantsum WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Coast Guard Cottagespublic footpath · 86 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 86 mPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

25 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route

N/ACycling route61 m

Named routeRef 15Length 61 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

N/ACycling route74 m

Named routeRef 15Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route62 m

Named routeRef 15Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

N/ACycling route82 m

Named routeRef 15Length 82 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface cobbles

N/ACycling route212 m

Named routeRef 15Length 212 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Wildlife to spot

23,903 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,903 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Great Black-backed Gull · Cormorant +50

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MagpiePica pica
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Shore LarkEremophila alpestris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025

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Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,903 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

winter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Great Black-backed Gull · Cormorant +50

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MagpiePica pica
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Shore LarkEremophila alpestris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 David Anstiss · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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