Dogging sites
Dogging in Kent
From Toys Hill and the North Downs to Reculver, the Western Heights and Dungeness, the Garden of England's best-known dogging spots, with a map for each.
Kent really is the Garden of England, and not just for the hop gardens. From the woods on the edge of London to the white cliffs of Dover, there are hundreds of places where doggers meet, plenty of them a short drive from the M25, the M2 and the M20, plus a dogging site so popular it even made it onto Google Maps!
It is a big county, so we have split it into six areas. Each spot comes with a map, plus a what3words address for the ones you reach on foot. A lot of them have walkers and families about in daylight, so the notes tell you when to turn up. Spots change, so treat each one as a starting point.
Dartford, Gravesend and Medway
Up in North Kent, within easy reach of the M25 and the A2, there is heathland at Dartford, ancient woods round Cobham and Higham, and parks, commons and a beach car park out across the Medway towns.
Dartford Heath
A big stretch of open heath and woodland right next to the town, with parking on the roadsides and by the playing field. The car park at the Wilmington end is mostly straight, while the other side is a long-standing gay spot, so pick your end. Most of the action is in the woods, and the ladies who do turn up never lack for company.
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Beacon Wood Country Park, Bean
Drive into the car park, walk right and head for the steps that go up the hill, then hang around at the bottom of them. Summer evenings are the best, and the woods across the road from the shop in Bean see Friday-night fun too.
Ashenbank Woods, Cobham
Ancient woodland reached through the car park on Halfpence Lane, so well known for this sort of thing that it made the local paper. Lots of quiet, out-of-the-way spots in and out of the sun, with fields and a country park a short walk away.
Camer Park, Meopham
The country park car park at Meopham. One happy couple who had lived nearby for years admitted they had never thought of it, until they did, and what a night it was.
Gravesend Road lay-by, Higham
A great little lay-by on the A226 Gravesend Road that is active at all hours. Keep going down the lay-by, and if you start seeing houses you have gone too far. A good mix of couples and single men, with most couples there on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings.
Crutches Lane, Higham
Head down Crutches Lane until you reach the bridge and park up at the side. There is action most evenings and in the daytime too, in the woods and around the field, and it is well out of the way.
Crabbles Bottom and Great Crabbles Wood, Higham
An old orchard, meadow and woodland known locally as a spot for this sort of thing; the local paper even found the 'den' in the trees. There is a school nearby, so only ever visit in the evenings.
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Rede Common, Strood
A common just off Carnation Road with plenty of cover, where more people have started turning up after 8pm. It could always do with a few more.
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Great Lines, Gillingham
Mostly gay fun, a bit hit and miss, but it has been going for years. Head for the War Memorial and find someone on a bench, or take the tree-lined path towards Fort Amherst; the bench by the fort gate is the usual place to hang around.
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Business park car park, Pasley Road, Gillingham
The car park on the business park by Pasley Road, which goes quiet once the units shut for the night, leaving plenty of room for other kinds of business.
Riverside Country Park and Motney Hill, Gillingham
The car park at Motney Hill, on the edge of the country park, is popular at night, with the car park across the road used in the daytime. Or walk past the main car park to the river front, round to the left, and out along the pier-like walk to the point. Saturday nights after 8pm are good, and if the gate is locked, people park up, walk in and sit on the benches.
Grain Beach car park
A nice quiet car park where you can walk out onto the beach, good day and night for couples and watchers, with the chance to join in. Remote enough that you will see anyone coming.
Swanley Park
Lots of secluded woodland around the park, with plenty of men about, and the odd cougar too.
Broom Hill, Swanley
A car park on the edge of town by Broom Hill, handy for the open space and woods behind it.
Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and the Weald
West Kent is all hills, woods and National Trust car parks, out in the sticks where nobody comes looking, with a few country parks around Tonbridge and Southborough.
Farningham Wood car park
A great little car park that is surprisingly underused. From the petrol station on the A20 take the A225 towards Dartford, then the second left up a mile-long track. Because it is so far off the road, you can see anyone coming.
Wrotham Hill, off the A20
At the top of Wrotham Hill, take the side road off the mini roundabout on the A20. Parking is limited and it is popular, so park up and walk down the dead-end lane into the woods on your right, where there is lots of action.
Otford cemetery car park
A small, dark car park that goes round a corner, on the road between Otford and Sevenoaks, on the left before the motorway bridge. Being a cemetery, only go at night, be respectful, and leave nothing behind.
Toys Hill car park
From Sevenoaks head for Brasted, turn towards Ide Hill and Toys Hill, and the car park is about two and a half miles along on the right, just after the pub. Loads of woodland and plenty of parking, it is busy most nights from about 9pm, and Wednesdays after 10pm have their own following. Out in the sticks, so it is nice and peaceful, though it could always do with more ladies.
Carter's Hill woods
A great woodland spot with a good mix of men and couples. Use the car park on Carter's Hill, follow the trail on the right, and the night-time action is usually just 20 or 30 metres in. Lovely in the sun in the daytime, but keep an eye out for walkers.
Scearn Bank car park, Kent Hatch Road
The car park itself is very visible, but the woods to one side see plenty most evenings from 7pm, with a mix of men and some couples.
Haysden Country Park, Tonbridge
A quiet country park out of the way, with woods and a boating lake. Couples and singles meet around the lake, and the woods are there for the outdoor types.
Southborough Common
Park up by the side of the church; single ladies and couples turn up from about 9 or 10pm, and it is not for the faint-hearted.
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Dunorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells
75 acres of monkey puzzles, rhododendrons and pedal boats round a six-acre lake, and about as posh as Kent gets. Thursday nights from about 8pm are said to be the time, round at the dark car park on the far side of the lake. It is much busier in the warmer months. Tunbridge Wells might lack a reliable water supply, but there are certainly plenty of other fluids about if you know where to look.
Edenbridge, by the church
The small car park by the main church, with no cameras, doesn't see much action, you are more likely to find action in the woodland nearby.
Matfield, by the public toilets
The small car park beside the public toilets in Matfield. The toilets shut at 6pm, but the car park is very quiet after dark, with no cameras and hardly anyone about, so park up and see who turns up. Cross-dressers welcome.
Holden Pond woods, Southborough
The woods by Holden Pond on Holden Road, where some action happens in the late afternoon and evening, up to about 8pm.
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Maidstone, Malling and the North Downs
Around Maidstone the North Downs give woods, lanes and country park car parks, with the A249 corridor towards Sittingbourne well known for its lay-bys.
Bluebell Hill woods
The woods to the north of Common Road. Park up on Common Road before the turn for the Robin Hood pub and walk across; the further you go from the road, the less chance of being interrupted, and some people happily spend hours wandering round in their birthday suit.
Holly Hill car park, Birling
A very secluded car park at the top of Birling Hill, between Snodland and Vigo, surrounded by beautiful countryside with woods right next to it. Hikers and dog walkers use it by day, and it comes alive at night. Watch out: carry on past it and there is a very steep gravel hill that only a 4x4 will get back up.
Leybourne Lakes Country Park
A really big area of lakes with loads of secret wooded corners and paths, off Leybourne Way. There are always fit young lads wandering through looking for a woman or a man to have some fun with.
Manor Park Country Park, West Malling
The car park is locked at night, but there are gates into the park all round it. Head for the picnic tables dotted about; the action tends to be closer to the trees.
Pilgrims Way, Boxley
Along the Pilgrims Way at Boxley, after the riding stables, there are two lay-bys; pull in and head into the woods. Mostly gay and bi men in the daytime, with more couples in the evenings.
Detling Hill, by the showground
The slip road leading to the Detling Aerodrome estate, just past the showground, has a great reputation, and on a busy night there can be dozens of cars cruising up and down. Houses overlook it, so be discreet.
A249 lay-by and woods near Key Street
The Sittingbourne-bound lay-by on the A249, about half a mile from the Key Street roundabout, where lorries park up overnight, with woods behind it along the footpath. A popular location, confirmed when a local reporter visited and found a sex toy strapped to a tree there, and it wasn't even the first one.
Staplehurst station car park
Right at the back of the station car park, where Lodge Road ends and turns into a field, from 8pm onwards. The last train home is never far away.
Penenden Heath, Maidstone
The car park by the football pitches on Penenden Heath has been something of a hotspot for years. Families use the recreation ground by day, so it is one for the evenings.
Queendown Warren
A very secluded car park reached along the lanes near Hartlip. You might meet the odd walker, but it is great for car fun or getting some fresh air on your bits. The anti-fly-tipping signs suggest it has become a bit of a dumping ground lately, so be careful which loads you leave behind.
Turkey Mill, Maidstone
A lovely lake with lots of trees, very quiet. Monday and Tuesday evenings from 7.30pm are the time; avoid weekends, when the weddings are on, unless you fancy gatecrashing the photos. There are schools across the main road, so only ever visit in the evenings.
Ashford, Canterbury and Faversham
In the middle of the county there are commons, lakes and big forest car parks around Ashford, the Wye Downs, and the woods and park and ride on the edge of Canterbury.
The Warren, Ashford
A wooded nature reserve on the edge of Ashford, with plenty of paths through the trees. The picnic spot in the Warren is one of the more active areas, so it is a good place to start.
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Singleton Lake car park, Ashford
The car park by Singleton Lake, which has been satisfying doggers' needs for years.
Hothfield Common, A20
On the A20 between Ashford and Charing, with a car park near the lay-by, toilets and woods. Thursday to Monday after 9pm is the time, really busy, with straight and gay action and more women always welcome. Put your hazards on and see what happens.
Wye Crown and the Downs
The car park for the Wye Downs, near the famous chalk crown cut into the hillside. A good place with a lot going on after 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and fantastic views if you come up for air.
Kings Wood, Challock
The big forest car park at Challock, very dark and secluded, and one of the longest-running spots in the area, with men and couples from about 7 or 8pm most nights and Friday the busiest.
Orlestone Forest
Between Ham Street and Woodchurch, a great place to play, with plenty of bi and MMF fun, and the Hamstreet woods busy in the summer.
Brenley Lane, Faversham
Coming from Canterbury on the A2 towards Faversham, take the first left at the roundabout into Brenley Lane and park up on either side. Day and night, with men and women on their own and couples meeting regularly.
Sturry Road park and ride, Canterbury
Tucked away behind TK Maxx, opposite the park and ride entrance, are the gates to Sturry Road Community Park: walk through into the parkland, which has lots of hillocks and shrubs where you can see a long way. Day or night, for singles and couples. A local reporter who went to have a look saw one couple make a swift exit and another car do a very fast U-turn.
Clowes Wood car park
Between Chestfield and Canterbury, a very quiet car park that is completely empty after dark, apart from the people who know about it, and it gets busy after 11pm.
Thornden Wood, Tyler Hill
Down Tyler Hill Road, just before Clowes Wood, take the right turn for Greenhill, and the Thornden Wood entrance is about half a mile up on the left. Quiet, off the road and an excellent spot.
Sheppey, Herne Bay and Thanet
Along the north coast the spots are beaches, seafront car parks, clifftop glens and the twin towers at Reculver, from the far end of Sheppey round to Thanet.
Leysdown and Shellness, Isle of Sheppey
Follow the coast road through Leysdown until it seems to end, then down the unmade road to the nature reserve car park at Shellness, by the naturist beach. Couples who love to be watched, mostly gay men, and some ladies, in the car park or on the beach. Clothing optional, in more ways than one.
Reculver Towers car park
The car park by the twin towers of the old church, with stunning views across land and sea, and plenty going on once it gets dark.
Bishopstone Glen
Through Beltinge along Reculver Road to Bishopstone Lane, past the houses to where it opens out onto the glen. Very secluded, with benches at just the right height for bending over, and the little car park at the top of the lane is always quiet.
Neptune car park, Herne Bay
The big seafront car park by the Neptune, right on the beach, which quietens down nicely once the day-trippers have gone home.
Memorial Park, Herne Bay
The park in the middle of town, and the beach front nearby, see late-night fun seven days a week.
Minnis Bay car park, Birchington
Drive right through Birchington to the seafront, turn left and keep going to the end. A very large car park that is very dark and very quiet after dark, with the beach and the clifftop path a short walk away.
Ramsgate, below the East Cliff
The big car park at the bottom of the cliff by the seafront, the dogging action gets going after dark.
Joss Bay, Broadstairs
The clifftop car park at Joss Bay is very good late in the evening, with plenty to watch.
Dover, Deal, Folkestone and Romney Marsh
Round the south-east corner the spots are mostly high up, on the cliffs and the Western Heights above Dover, with parks inland and the shingle of Romney Marsh at the far end.
Western Heights, Dover
St Martin's Battery and the car parks on the Western Heights, with views across the Channel, have long been a well-known dogging hotspot. Plenty of people park up and disappear off for a walk.
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Broadlees car park, Dover
The car park up by the castle, with the town, the docks and the white cliffs all around.
Upper Road, Langdon Cliffs
Off Castle Hill Road, drive along Upper Road towards Langdon Cliffs and over the bridge, and shortly after there is a big parking area on the left, with room for lots of vehicles and plenty of space for group action, and a footpath opposite.
River recreation ground, Dover
The recreation ground at River, on the edge of Dover, with trees along the edge.
Car park off Monks Way, Dover
A small car park at the end of Monks Way, right by the woods.
Elms Vale Recreation Ground, Dover
Park inside the gates or further up, with plenty of woods to play in. There is a school nearby, so only ever visit in the evenings.
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Kearsney Abbey car park
A lovely park by the lake in the daytime, but you'll see the cars start rolling in at about 9.30pm, just as the last families are packing up. Head for the far end among the trees, mainly Friday, Saturday and Sunday late on, and some weekdays. Lots of mature women and not many under 30, so a good place for young men looking for a cougar.
St Margaret's Bay car park
A large car park looking out over the sea, which has become more and more popular.
Walmer Castle car park
The car park opposite the castle, with the beach across the road. The bigger car park next door is often closed at night, so the action moves to the smaller one.
Sandwich Bay
Loads going on after dark at the far end of the bay, just before the golf club gate, with daytime fun along towards the point, where naturists and doggers rub shoulders, and anything else that's going.
Lower Sandgate Road, Folkestone
The road below the Leas, by the coastal park, good for gay men and some single women too.
Crete Road West, Folkestone
A very scenic spot high up above the Channel Tunnel terminal, busy on weekend nights. Watch the trains head off to France while you get to know the locals.
Greatstone seafront car park
Turn into the seafront car park over the road from the shop and go right down to the far end by the boats. A very big car park, with a few people about on Friday nights and weekends.
Dungeness, by the old lighthouse
Go past the old lighthouse and pull up on the left. Only a few fishermen about, so it is quite good after 9pm, seven days a week, with couples and men, and the strangest scenery in Kent.
Before you go
Walkers, dog walkers and families use most of these places in the daytime, so save it for later. Keep it quiet when you arrive, be respectful of anyone else about, and take your litter home.
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