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Aldermoor Allotments

📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

50.94131, -1.43738

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Spotted Woodpecker and Nuthatch
  • 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
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Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Blue Tit +46 more · last seen 2026; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl

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Wildlife

Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Blue Tit +46 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Dotted Bee-fly +53 more · last seen 2026

Free

Waterside walks

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Test WayWalking route
Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route
Itchen WayWalking route
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Solent WayWalking route
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
St James' WayWalking route110 km
Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Keble WayWalking route
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Cycling

194 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Route 24Cycling route
Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network
Route 246Cycling route
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
EastleighCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
AshurstCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Eling to Holbury Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Aldermoor Road, Aldermoor

📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Aldermoor Road, Aldermoor

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