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Watercress Fields

43 ha

📷 Tim Sheerman-Chase · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome43 ha

Getting here

51.14491, 0.85734

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 195m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 195m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPicnic spotPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Magpie +65 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Magpie +65 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Paranchus albipes, Abax parallelepipedus, Phaonia subventa +13 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Stour Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route

Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route

follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees

Named routeRegional walking route

North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Greensand WayWalking route

Named routeRef GWRegional walking route

Fens & Dragonflys WalkWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

97 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

NCN Regional Route 11 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 11Regional cycle route

Brimstone TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Comma TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Orange Tip TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Peacock TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

13,139 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,139 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

winter

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird +38

RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
JayGarrulus glandarius
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

Paranchus albipes · Abax parallelepipedus · Phaonia subventa

Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes
Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,139 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

winter

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird +38

RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
JayGarrulus glandarius
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

Paranchus albipes · Abax parallelepipedus · Phaonia subventa

Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes
Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Tim Sheerman-Chase · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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