Tyland Barn Nature Park & Gardens

Tyland Barn is the headquarters of the Kent Wildlife Trust and a base for many of our educational activities. The restored 17th-century barn offers a flexible indoor space and is available for hire.

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am to 5:30pm
Nature Park & Gardens: Monday - Friday, 9.30am to 3.30pm (unless events are taking place, see events running below)
Pond Cafe: Monday - Saturday, 9am to 4pm
Weekends: Events & Group Bookings only, find out more about our events below.

Facilities

Accessible toilet
Accessible trails
Baby changing facilities
Bird hides
Cafe/refreshments
Disabled parking
Education centre
Parking
Picnic area
Toilets
Visitor centre
Wifi

Parking information: Parking available on site

Bicycle parking: Bicycle parking available on site

Walking trails: Disabled access to the barn and nature park (with its short nature trail) is very good.

Dogs: Assistance dogs only

Access

Wheelchair accessible. All surface path around wildlife garden. Pond with an accessible platform. Read more on our accessibility.

About the reserve

Tyland Barn is the headquarters of the Kent Wildlife Trust and a base for many of our educational activities and events. The restored 17th-century barn is now home to the Pond Café. For food or venue hire, contact them here.

The nature park is a wildlife haven, home to a wide range of invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals. Tyland Barn is a fantastic and easy way to experience the wonders of our Kentish countryside. The park was designed to showcase some of the habitats you can find across Kent including, woodlands, wetlands, meadows and even a marine plant life area. Wander along the wheelchair and buggy-accessible paths and you might spot spectacular orchids, stag beetles in the log piles or dragonfly flitting over the reeds.

The planting in the Tyland Barn farmhouse garden has been designed to feed pollinators year round, even in winter and is an inspirational example of how we can all help wildlife in our gardens. As the seasons change, there is always something new to discover in the park. There are lifting logs and warm compost heaps to look through for bugs even in the darkest of months and come the summer, the bug hotels buzz with solitary bees and slow worms can be found basking in the sun on our reptile bank. The Nature Park at Tyland Barn is a lovely place to visit with the family or to learn more about the huge variety of Kent’s wildlife and how you can help to care for and nurture it.

We are very lucky to have two teams of dedicated volunteers who help us to look after and maintain this site. They are always ready to get stuck in a lend a helping hand whatever the weather and whatever the task!