🌱 Urban park

Gunners Park

54 ha

📷 Robert Lamb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome54 ha

Getting here

51.52410, 0.78726

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Best for

6 activities

Playgrounds

Free87%

playground, café, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Cycling

Varies72%

Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Route 16

Hiking

Free72%

Named hiking route nearby: King Charles III England Coast Path: Southend-on-Sea to Wallasea Island

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The BroomwayWalking route▾

Named routeLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route▾

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Southend RingWalking route▾

Named routeLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Southend-on-Sea to Wallasea IslandWalking route▾

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

17 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network

National Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route42 m▾

Named routeRef 16Length 42 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Main RouteCycling route27 m▾

Named routeRef 16Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route165 m▾

Named routeRef 16Length 165 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route676 m▾

Named routeRef 16Length 676 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

About this urban park

Gunners Park is a urban park covering 54 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

27,379 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds45 species recorded

Moorhen · Little Grebe · Woodpigeon

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Mammals1 species recorded

Rabbit

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Insects1 species recorded

7-spot Ladybird

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robert Lamb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

View of houses on Gunners Rise from Gunners Park

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Events & activities nearby

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Bookable tours

🌱 Visiting this spring

🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

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Café

Serendipity Cafe · 205m

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Parking

4 nearby · 110m

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Picnic spot

2 · 250m away

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Playground

2 · 188m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Southchurch ParkUrban park3.6 km→🌱East BeachUrban park1.2 km→🌱Southchurch ParkUrban park3.6 km→🌱Gunners ParkUrban park200 m→🌱Shoebury CommonUrban park1 km→🌱Shoebury ParkUrban park1.3 km→