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📷 Julian P Guffogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.13997, 0.86532

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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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Paid

Best for

3 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Hornet Hoverfly, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle, Paranchus albipes +16 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Hornet Hoverfly, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle, Paranchus albipes +16 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Stour Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional 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

Bogs & Giants WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Park Placepublic footpath · 10 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 10 mPath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

95 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

10,876 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,876 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

winter

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Black-headed Gull · Great Tit +34

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great TitParus major
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Wood Mouse

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Paranchus albipes

Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,876 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

winter

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Black-headed Gull · Great Tit +34

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great TitParus major
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Wood Mouse

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Paranchus albipes

Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Julian P Guffogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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