Vinters Park ✦ Ancient woodland 5 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 5 ha
Places › England › South East › Maidstone Getting here
51.28320, 0.54741
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🚻 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, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Streblotrichum convolutum · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Mystacides longicornis, Tipula rufina +153 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Mystacides longicornis, Tipula rufina +153 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 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 88 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
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Emsworth Grove, Vinters Park
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Wildlife to spot
18,839 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 18,839 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull +30
Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Great Tit Parus major Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Hedgehog · Badger +1
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Badger Meles meles Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · Trichocera annulata · Limnephilus lunatus · 7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird +12
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Trichocera annulata Trichocera annulata2025 Limnephilus lunatus Limnephilus lunatus2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Tipula rufina Tipula rufina Streblotrichum convolutum
Streblotrichum convolutum Streblotrichum convolutum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 18,839 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull +30
Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Great Tit Parus major Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Hedgehog · Badger +1
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Badger Meles meles Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · Trichocera annulata · Limnephilus lunatus · 7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird +12
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Trichocera annulata Trichocera annulata2025 Limnephilus lunatus Limnephilus lunatus2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Tipula rufina Tipula rufina Streblotrichum convolutum
Streblotrichum convolutum Streblotrichum convolutum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sylvicola Sylvicola
Sylvicola Sylvicola
Platycheirus Platycheirus2025
Platycheirus Platycheirus2025
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum2025
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum2025
Drepanosiphum platanoidis Drepanosiphum platanoidis2025
Drepanosiphum platanoidis Drepanosiphum platanoidis2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Anthomyiidae Anthomyiidae2025
Anthomyiidae Anthomyiidae2025
Pinalitus cervinus Pinalitus cervinus2025
Pinalitus cervinus Pinalitus cervinus2025
Limnephilus marmoratus Limnephilus marmoratus2025
Limnephilus marmoratus Limnephilus marmoratus2025
Tipula paludosa Tipula paludosa2025
Tipula paludosa Tipula paludosa2025
Rhipidia Rhipidia2025
Rhipidia Rhipidia2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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