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War Memorial Gardens

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Turnstone and Herring Gull
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Scissortail Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Turnstone and Herring Gull
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Scissortail Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidToilets

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10 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Turnstone, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow +98 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Turnstone, Herring Gull, Carrion Crow +98 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

café, toilets; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Firebug, Western Conifer Seed Bug +34 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Firebug, Western Conifer Seed Bug +34 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Turner & Dickens WalkWalking route

Named routeRef T&DLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Anchor Hillpublic footpath · 33 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 33 mPath type: service

Anchor Hillpublic footpath · 52 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 52 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway

Randolph Squarepublic footpath · 49 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 49 mPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

54 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route

N/ACycling route131 m

Named routeRef 15Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route112 m

Named routeRef 15Length 112 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route92 m

Named routeRef 15Length 92 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route292 m

Named routeRef 15Length 292 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route62 m

Named routeRef 15Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Wildlife to spot

16,342 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,342 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

autumn

2026

Turnstone · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Jay · Robin +51

TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Grey Seal

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2025

🐝

Insects3 species

winterautumn

2026

Varied Carpet Beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 7-spot Ladybird

Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025

🌿

Plants10 species

autumn

2025

Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Intermediate Screw-moss · Swartz's Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Dune Thread-moss +5

Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus
Redshank

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,342 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

autumn

2026

Turnstone · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Jay · Robin +51

TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Grey Seal

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2025

🐝

Insects3 species

winterautumn

2026

Varied Carpet Beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 7-spot Ladybird

Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025

🌿

Plants10 species

autumn

2025

Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Intermediate Screw-moss · Swartz's Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Dune Thread-moss +5

Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus
Redshank

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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