Vinters Valley Nature Reserve
113 ha
Plan your visit
🌳Ancient🦅Birds💜Bluebells
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome113 ha
Getting here
51.27723, 0.54630
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Blue Tit
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Blue Tit
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Blue Tit, Starling +35 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
Birds — Magpie, Blue Tit, Starling +35 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 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
83 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
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Vinters Valley Nature Reserve
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
21,502 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,502 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Blue Tit · Starling · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +33
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
🦌Mammals7 species
springautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Wood Mouse · Hedgehog +2
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown Rat
Harlequin Ladybird · Trichocera annulata · 7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Tipula rufina +7
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Tipula rufinaTipula rufina
- SylvicolaSylvicola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,502 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Blue Tit · Starling · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +33
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
🦌Mammals7 species
springautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Wood Mouse · Hedgehog +2
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown Rat
Harlequin Ladybird · Trichocera annulata · 7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Tipula rufina +7
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Tipula rufinaTipula rufina
- SylvicolaSylvicola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rattus norvegicus2025
Rattus norvegicus2025
Platycheirus
Platycheirus
Platycheirus2025
Platycheirus2025
Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2025Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025Events & activities nearby
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