Alderman Recreation Ground
11 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
52.05636, 1.14221
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Canada Goose
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Canada Goose
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Canada Goose, Robin +87 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Magpie, Canada Goose, Robin +87 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Firebug, Stag Beetle +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Green Alkanet, Pellitory-of-the-wall, Alexanders +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: East: Shotley Gate to Felixstowe FerryWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Sandlings WalkWalking route89 km▾
Southwold to Rushmere Heath on the outskirts of Ipswich
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Stour & Orwell WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Sandlings Walk (St Augustine's route)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Sandlings Walk (Heath Road route)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
190 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
2ACycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 10BCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10BLocal cycle route
NCN51 Proposed change avoiding Duke Street, IpswichCycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
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Alderman Road recreation ground
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Wildlife to spot
41,190 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
41,190 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Magpie · Robin · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull +42
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects17 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Rhyparochromus vulgaris +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Green Alkanet · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Butterfly-bush · Box-leaved Honeysuckle · Horse-chestnut +20
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
- Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,190 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Magpie · Robin · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull +42
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects17 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Rhyparochromus vulgaris +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Green Alkanet · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Butterfly-bush · Box-leaved Honeysuckle · Horse-chestnut +20
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
- Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hawthorn
Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna
Crataegus monogyna
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumMusk Stork's-billErodium moschatumMusk Stork's-billErodium moschatumHeart-leaved BergeniaBergenia cordifoliaHeart-leaved BergeniaBergenia cordifoliaPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaLungwortPulmonaria officinalis2025LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025HopHumulus lupulus2025HopHumulus lupulus2025Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025Mexican OrangeChoisya ternata2025Mexican OrangeChoisya ternata2025Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides2025Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides2025Tall NightshadeSolanum chenopodioides2025Tall NightshadeSolanum chenopodioides2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025