The 'Gatehouse', Palace Gardens, Mill Street 0 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 0 ha
Places › England › South East › Maidstone Getting here
51.27138, 0.52118
Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Gatehouse Grade II listed building
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 ☕ Tommy's Cafe — 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 ☕ Tommy's Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Glyphotaelius pellucidus, Mystacides longicornis +151 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Glyphotaelius pellucidus, Mystacides longicornis +151 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Streblotrichum convolutum · last seen 2025; Plants — Streblotrichum convolutum · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Augustine Camino Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Oftord to Canterbury Cathedral Walking route ▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Scenic Green Trail Stage 3 Walking route 8.8 km ▾
Named route Ref SGT3 Length 8.8 km Local walking route
Show on map Scenic Green Trail Stage 4 Walking route 12 km ▾
Named route Ref SGT4 Length 12 km Local walking route
Show on map North Downs Way (Eastern) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 76 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 177 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 17 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 17 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN Regional Route 19 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 19 Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 178 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 178 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 23 m ▾
Named route Ref 17 Length 23 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
27,189 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 27,189 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Starling · Blue Tit +32
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Hedgehog · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Trichocera annulata · Tipula rufina · Sylvicola +7
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Trichocera annulata Trichocera annulata2025 Tipula rufina Tipula rufina Sylvicola Sylvicola Twin-spot Centurion Sargus bipunctatus2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 27,189 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Starling · Blue Tit +32
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Hedgehog · Brown Rat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Trichocera annulata · Tipula rufina · Sylvicola +7
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Trichocera annulata Trichocera annulata2025 Tipula rufina Tipula rufina Sylvicola Sylvicola Twin-spot Centurion Sargus bipunctatus2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Shieldbug
Green Shieldbug
Palomena prasina2025
Palomena prasina2025
Platycheirus Platycheirus2025
Platycheirus Platycheirus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Limnephilus lunatus Limnephilus lunatus2025
Limnephilus lunatus Limnephilus lunatus2025
Drepanosiphum platanoidis Drepanosiphum platanoidis2025
Drepanosiphum platanoidis Drepanosiphum platanoidis2025 