Getting here
50.69005, -2.09914
Best for
4 activitiesDog walks
Free78%Dogs allowed with public access
Family friendly
Free68%Urban park — family destination
Picnic day out
Free62%Urban park — open green space
Hiking
Free58%Named hiking route nearby: Poole Harbour Trails 4
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
41
13 named nearby · 28 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
34
34 named nearby
Named route
🚵
Mountain biking
3
3 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Purbeck Way · Walking0
The Hardy Way · Walking0
Shipstal trail · Walking0
Wareham/Poole · Cycling0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
Wareham Walls · public footpath
Wareham Walls · public footpath
North Bestwall Road · public footpath
About this urban park
Bestwall Park is a urban park covering 36 hectares.
Wildlife to spot
Photos
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🌱 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
✓ 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
✦Part of the defences of the Anglo-Saxon fortified centre of Wareham and part of the motte and bailey castle with shell keepHistoric site900 m→🐄Farmer Palmer’s Farm ParkVisitor farm4.8 km→✦Wareham Town Walls and Castle RemainsHistoric site900 m→🌱Northmoor ParkUrban park1.5 km→✦St Martin's ChurchHistoric site900 m→🌱Northmoor ParkUrban park1.5 km→