Plan your visit
Getting here
50.99131, -1.74395
Best for
6 activitiesPlaygrounds
Free82%playground, parking
Dog walks
Free78%Dogs allowed with public access
Family friendly
Free68%Urban park — family destination
Cycling
Varies65%Named cycling route nearby: National Byway
Hiking
Free65%Named hiking route nearby: Avon Valley Path
Picnic day out
Free62%Urban park — open green space
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
v3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walking
Avon Valley PathWalking route55 km▾
Old Sarum WayWalking route▾
Hale Purley Figure of Eight Walk, SW HantsWalking route4.8 km▾
Walk through Hale Purley, crossing streams with views of the common's valleys & mires. Look out for butterflies, dragonflies, stonechats and Dartford warblers in the gorse. Gravel paths with wet patches & a fairly steep descent & climb at the start & end
Snail Creeppublic footpath · 133 m▾
Church Hatchpublic footpath · 67 m▾
🚴Cycling
v5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycling
National BywayCycling route▾
Wiltshire Cycleway New Forest LinkCycling route▾
New Forest Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Downton spurCycling route▾
Fordingbridge to SalisburyCycling route▾
🚵Mountain biking
v1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Mountain biking
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
About this urban park
Downton Moot is a urban park covering 7 hectares.
Wildlife to spot
Photos
🌱 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
Parking
2 nearby · Free · 110m
Playground
2 · 116m away
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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