Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.37231, 1.12253
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 239m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 239m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Epistrophe eligans, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Eristalis pertinax +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Wantsum WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Chestfield WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Cooper's Hillpublic footpath · 19 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 19 mPath type: service
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route19 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 15Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface grass
N/ACycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 15Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
N/ACycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 15Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
N/ACycling route66 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 66 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
20,190 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,190 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Cormorant · Black-headed Gull · Turnstone · Starling +28
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- GannetMorus bassanus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · House Mouse · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- House MouseMus musculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Eupeodes +11
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,190 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Cormorant · Black-headed Gull · Turnstone · Starling +28
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- GannetMorus bassanus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · House Mouse · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- House MouseMus musculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Eupeodes +11
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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