Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) also called Orb Web Spider.
One of 7 spiders that have been identified in the Charlton Down Nature Area so far, and there are clearly many other species yet to be found..
Useful Books and Links
Britain’s Spiders – A field guide, Lawrence Bee, Geoff Oxford and Helen Smith, British Arachnological Society, Wild Guides, 2017, ISBN 978-0-691-20474-1, Princetown University Press.
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/spiders/garden-spider
https://uk.inaturalist.org/taxa/52628-Araneus-diadematus
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Charlton Down Nature Area 
The plush-pillowness of pic #5–and the dewdrops! Beautiful, beautiful.
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Thank you, Aud. Some people do not like spiders but what is not to like with these orb web spiders in the early morning dew – they are little works of art.
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