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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.27538, 0.52586
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Black-headed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Starbucks — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Black-headed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Starbucks — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Red Fox, Hedgehog +14 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Mystacides longicornis, Glyphotaelius pellucidus +148 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 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 Stage 3Walking route8.8 km▾
Named routeRef SGT3Length 8.8 kmLocal walking route
Scenic Green Trail Stage 4Walking route12 km▾
Named routeRef SGT4Length 12 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
81 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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
26,036 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,036 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Starling · Woodpigeon +31
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Hedgehog · Muntjac +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Trichocera annulata · Tipula rufina · Sylvicola +7
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata2025
- Tipula rufinaTipula rufina
- SylvicolaSylvicola
- Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,036 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Starling · Woodpigeon +31
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Hedgehog · Muntjac +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Trichocera annulata · Tipula rufina · Sylvicola +7
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata2025
- Tipula rufinaTipula rufina
- SylvicolaSylvicola
- Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Shieldbug
Green Shieldbug
Palomena prasina2025
Palomena prasina2025
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025