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Wigmore Park

1 ha

📷 Chris Whippet · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

51.34888, 0.58183

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 160m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 160m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +35 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +35 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

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

King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to GrainWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Rochester Riverside WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

98 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

(A2)<>(NCN1)Cycling route

Named route

NCN National Route 17Cycling route

Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network

Gillingham<>Rainham Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Alternative RouteCycling route

Named route

Main RouteCycling route460 m

Named routeRef 1Length 460 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

101,654 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

101,654 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds25 species

winter

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Magpie +20

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025

🦌

Mammals6 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Feral Cat · Domestic Dog · Mole +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Feral CatFelis catus2025
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025
BadgerMeles meles

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

101,654 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds25 species

winter

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Magpie +20

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025

🦌

Mammals6 species

winter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Feral Cat · Domestic Dog · Mole +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Feral CatFelis catus2025
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025
BadgerMeles meles

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Whippet · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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