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The Friars - Aylesford Priory

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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
☕The Friars Tearoom — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ 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
☕The Friars Tearoom — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· Free

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Robin +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Robin +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Stag Beetle, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +18 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — New Zealand Pigmyweed, Common Crystalwort, Crescent-cup Liverwort · last seen 2024; Plants — New Zealand Pigmyweed, Common Crystalwort, Crescent-cup Liverwort · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Augustine CaminoWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route

follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees

Named routeRegional walking route

Scenic Green Trail Section 1Walking route6.4 km

Named routeRef SGT1Length 6.4 kmLocal walking route

Scenic Green Trail Stage 3Walking route8.8 km

Named routeRef SGT3Length 8.8 kmLocal walking route

North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

78 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 17Cycling route

Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network

NCN Regional Route 19 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 19Regional cycle route

NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route

NCN National Route 178Cycling route

Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route23 m

Named routeRef 17Length 23 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

8,293 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,293 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2026

Goldfinch · Robin · Blackbird · Chiffchaff · Redwing +56

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
ScaupAythya marila2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024

🐝

Insects2 species

summer

2025

Mintho rufiventris · Field Grasshopper

Mintho rufiventrisMintho rufiventris
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,293 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2026

Goldfinch · Robin · Blackbird · Chiffchaff · Redwing +56

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
ScaupAythya marila2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024

🐝

Insects2 species

summer

2025

Mintho rufiventris · Field Grasshopper

Mintho rufiventrisMintho rufiventris
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Marathon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Gatehouse at The Friars at Aylesford

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