The Maison Dieu, a late C15 to early C16 building incorporating part of a medieval hospital 0 ha
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51.31152, 0.87350
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.
Pub scheduled monument
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 🛝 Playground 152m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ 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 🛝 Playground 152m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 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 — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Azure Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird +109 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Azure Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird +109 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Common Liverwort, Bifid Crestwort · last seen 2026; Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Common Liverwort, Bifid Crestwort · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Saxon Shore Way Walking route 262 km ▾
Named route Length 262 km Regional walking route
Show on map Augustine Camino Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Two Creeks Circular Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to Iwade Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Swale Heritage Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 183 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 183 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 1.1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 27 m ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 27 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1 km ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 1 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.9 km ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 1.9 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
31,804 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 31,804 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Robin · House Sparrow · Wren · Blue Tit +41
Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Tit Parus major Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Dunnock Prunella modularis Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Greenshank Tringa nebularia2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Redwing Turdus iliacus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2025 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Badger · Hazel Dormouse
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Badger Meles meles Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2025 Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Limnephilus marmoratus · Speckled Bush-cricket +14
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Limnephilus marmoratus Limnephilus marmoratus2025 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Glyphotaelius pellucidus 🌿 Plants 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Liverwort · Bifid Crestwort
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha Bifid Crestwort Lophocolea bidentata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 31,804 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Robin · House Sparrow · Wren · Blue Tit +41
Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Tit Parus major Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Dunnock Prunella modularis Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Greenshank Tringa nebularia2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Redwing Turdus iliacus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2025 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Badger · Hazel Dormouse
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Badger Meles meles Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2025 Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Limnephilus marmoratus · Speckled Bush-cricket +14
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Limnephilus marmoratus Limnephilus marmoratus2025 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Glyphotaelius pellucidus 🌿 Plants 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Liverwort · Bifid Crestwort
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha Bifid Crestwort Lophocolea bidentata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Glyphotaelius pellucidus2025
Glyphotaelius pellucidus2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Stenophylax permistus Stenophylax permistus2025
Stenophylax permistus Stenophylax permistus2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Agrypnia pagetana Agrypnia pagetana2025
Agrypnia pagetana Agrypnia pagetana2025
Mystacides longicornis Mystacides longicornis2025
Mystacides longicornis Mystacides longicornis2025
Ledra aurita Ledra aurita2025
Ledra aurita Ledra aurita2025 