Hayle Park Nature Reserve

Hayle Park Nature Reserve Hayle Park Nature Reserve manages two sites located in Tovil, which covers 60 acres in total.

We’re proud to be considered one of the top natural sites in Maidstone, and we can’t wait for you to stop by and visit. Hayle Park is an independent trust and does not receive any direct funding from local councils or government. We do not employ any staff and rely on volunteers to maintain our beautiful reserves, as well as complete all the administrative tasks and fund raise! Please consider bec

oming a friend of Hayle Park via our website and making a small regular donation. Alternatively, you can make a one-off donation via our donate button on our website or via our Local Giving page https://localgiving.org/charity/HPNR/

If you are unable to give financially, you can choose to support us when you shop via Amazon Smile https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ch/1188441-0. We have plenty of volunteering opportunities from joining our fund raising committee to tree planting.

The bats were out in force yesterday evening for our latest bat walk, with guests to the event coming from far and wide....
29/08/2026

The bats were out in force yesterday evening for our latest bat walk, with guests to the event coming from far and wide.
Thank you to Steve Songhurst from Vinters Park Nature Reserve, our bat visiting expert, who brought a heat detecting camera to go alongside of the usual bat detectors.
This allowed us to clearly see the level of bat activity around the mill ponds after dark.

That’s forty-three timber bird box kits cut and ready to be assembled by young visitors to our summer event on 13th Sept...
27/08/2026

That’s forty-three timber bird box kits cut and ready to be assembled by young visitors to our summer event on 13th September.
Huge thanks to Dean and the team at Homeleigh Timber who have, year after year, donated all of our timber for free.
This helps us to provide these bird boxes for nothing more than an optional donation to our reserve.
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Join us on Sunday 13th September for our annual Open Day! With performance of The Butterfly House by HandMade Theatre.
23/08/2026

Join us on Sunday 13th September for our annual Open Day! With performance of The Butterfly House by HandMade Theatre.

The hay cutting and baling has been completed.The kissing Gates have had the locks removed and are all open.
06/08/2026

The hay cutting and baling has been completed.
The kissing Gates have had the locks removed and are all open.

Over the next few days the kissing gates to both meadows will be locked while the hay cutting and baling take place
01/08/2026

Over the next few days the kissing gates to both meadows will be locked while the hay cutting and baling take place

Thank you to British Gas for allowing some of their work force to have a day out to help the HPNR volunteer work party t...
31/07/2026

Thank you to British Gas for allowing some of their work force to have a day out to help the HPNR volunteer work party to lay a recycled stone path.
This path in the winter becomes a very muddy, slippery slope. Now it has stone chippings spread over it which should make it a lot safer to negotiate

Some of you have noticed a pile of stone chippings in the wood by the path leading down to Hayle Cottages.This is part o...
24/07/2026

Some of you have noticed a pile of stone chippings in the wood by the path leading down to Hayle Cottages.
This is part of the peparation work to lay a stone path, to try and avoid the muddy path in the wet.

18/05/2026

🔑 Car Key found at the Reserve. Please message if it is yours

Thank you to our guests who visited our tree walk at the reserve hosted by our knowledgeable trust chairman Paul Wilby.O...
15/04/2026

Thank you to our guests who visited our tree walk at the reserve hosted by our knowledgeable trust chairman Paul Wilby.
Our reserve has a diverse range of tree species from native oaks, hornbeam, black poplar, yew, silver birch, to non-native horse chestnut and sycamore.
During an enjoyable walk around the reserve Paul focussed on some of our most ancient and grand feature trees, providing background to the species, condition and features, threats posed by disease and disturbance and historical importance in our community.
Our next event is the dawn chorus on Sunday 19th April, details for signing up here:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/hayleparknaturereserve/2143910

🐦 Dawn Chorus WalkTickets are available to experience the magic of the Dawn Chorus. We do not charge for our events, bu...
13/04/2026

🐦 Dawn Chorus Walk

Tickets are available to experience the magic of the Dawn Chorus. We do not charge for our events, but donations are welcome. Please book via the link below

📆Sunday 19th April @ 04:45 - 06:30
📍Hayle Park Nature Reserve, ME15 6XL
🌐https://buytickets.at/hayleparknaturereserve/2143910

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