Tower keep castle at West Malling 0 ha
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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.
Architectural structure 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 235m 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 235m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 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 — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Swartz's Feather-moss, Crescent-cup Liverwort +44 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Swartz's Feather-moss, Crescent-cup Liverwort +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +38 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 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 Section 1 Walking route 6.4 km ▾
Named route Ref SGT1 Length 6.4 km Local walking route
Show on map North Downs Way (Eastern) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map Greensand Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref GW Regional walking route
Show on map 2 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 178 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 178 National Cycle Network
Show on map 1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
27,585 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 27,585 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Wren +35
Pochard Aythya ferina Shoveler Spatula clypeata Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Coot Fulica atra House Martin Delichon urbicum Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Rock Dove Columba livia Blackbird Turdus merula Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Gadwall Mareca strepera2024 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Swallow Hirundo rustica House Sparrow Passer domesticus Swift Apus apus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Merlin Falco columbarius2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Rabbit
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Meadow Brown · Large White · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Common Blue +17
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024 Large White Pieris brassicae2024 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2024 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Springy Turf-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum · Swartz's Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort +6
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Streblotrichum convolutum Streblotrichum convolutum Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 27,585 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Wren +35
Pochard Aythya ferina Shoveler Spatula clypeata Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Coot Fulica atra House Martin Delichon urbicum Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Rock Dove Columba livia Blackbird Turdus merula Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Gadwall Mareca strepera2024 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Swallow Hirundo rustica House Sparrow Passer domesticus Swift Apus apus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Merlin Falco columbarius2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Rabbit
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Meadow Brown · Large White · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Common Blue +17
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024 Large White Pieris brassicae2024 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024 Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2024 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Springy Turf-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum · Swartz's Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort +6
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Streblotrichum convolutum Streblotrichum convolutum Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2024
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2024
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus
Mecinus pascuorum Mecinus pascuorum
Mecinus pascuorum Mecinus pascuorum
Rhyzobius Rhyzobius
Rhyzobius Rhyzobius
Pogonocherus hispidus Pogonocherus hispidus
Pogonocherus hispidus Pogonocherus hispidus
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Figwort Sawfly Tenthredo scrophulariae2024
Figwort Sawfly Tenthredo scrophulariae2024
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2024
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2024 Common Feather-moss
Common Feather-moss
Kindbergia praelonga
Kindbergia praelonga
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata
Intermediate Screw-moss Syntrichia montana
Intermediate Screw-moss Syntrichia montana
Whitish Feather-moss Brachythecium albicans
Whitish Feather-moss Brachythecium albicans Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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