Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
50.73627, -2.01015
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
9 activities🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Country park — good for group day out
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Country park — designed for family visits
playground, toilets, parking
Dogs allowed — country park
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Castleman TrailwayWalking route26.5 km▾
Named routeRef CTLength 26.5 kmLocal walking route
Stour Valley WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeRef SVWLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Shipstal trailWalking route▾
Shipstal trail, part of Arne RSPB reserve. Permissive route for people who have paid to access the reserve
Named route
Cordite WayWalking route▾
Bourne Valley Greenway walkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BVGLocal walking route
Ropers Lanepublic footpath · 104 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 104 mPath type: unclassified
110 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway Poole to WarehamCycling route▾
Named routeRef C3Local cycle route
Poole Harbour Trails - CCycling route▾
Named routeRef pht-cLocal cycle route
C7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C7Local cycle route
Parkstone QuietwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef C6Local cycle route
Route 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
Poole Harbour Trails - ACycling route▾
Named routeRef pht-aLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Poole Harbour Trails - ArneMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef pht-rLocal cycle route
15 public paths nearby
Public paths
Castleman Trailwaybridleway · 16 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 16 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Castleman Trailwaybridleway · 151 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 151 mPath type: bridleway
Roman Roadbridleway · 24 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 24 mPath type: bridleway
Castleman Trailwaybridleway · 4 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 4 mPath type: bridleway
Castleman Trailwaybridleway · 14 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 14 mPath type: bridleway
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
320,700 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
320,700 records · NBN AtlasRobin · Mute Swan · Mallard · Great Tit · Black-headed Gull
+20 more speciesHide species list
All 25 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TealAnas crecca
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
Eristalis pertinax · Meliscaeva auricollis · Syrphus · Melanostoma scalare · Platycheirus albimanus
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All 23 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
320,700 records · NBN AtlasRobin · Mute Swan · Mallard · Great Tit · Black-headed Gull
+20 more speciesHide species list
All 25 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TealAnas crecca
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
Eristalis pertinax · Meliscaeva auricollis · Syrphus · Melanostoma scalare · Platycheirus albimanus
+18 more speciesHide species list
All 23 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
