Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.05437, 1.16795
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Firebug, Large Red Damselfly +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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
193 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
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Orwell Quayrestricted byway · 383 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 383 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: pedestrian
Common Quayrestricted byway · 56 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 56 mSurface settPath type: unclassified
Neptune Quayrestricted byway · 55 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 55 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: pedestrian
Neptune Quayrestricted byway · 199 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 199 mPath type: unclassified
Wherry Quayrestricted byway · 96 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 96 mSurface settPath type: unclassified
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
90,770 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
90,770 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · House Sparrow · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Rhyparochromus vulgaris · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Green Alkanet · Lesser Celandine · Butterfly-bush · Horse-chestnut · Hawthorn +20
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Sowbread
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
90,770 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · House Sparrow · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Rhyparochromus vulgaris · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Green Alkanet · Lesser Celandine · Butterfly-bush · Horse-chestnut · Hawthorn +20
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Sowbread
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataRhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosaJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Drosophila melanogasterDrosophila melanogaster2025Drosophila melanogasterDrosophila melanogaster2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Common StilettoThereva nobilitata2025Common StilettoThereva nobilitata2025Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2025Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Cyclamen hederifolium
Cyclamen hederifolium
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumMusk Stork's-billErodium moschatumMusk Stork's-billErodium moschatumPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaHeart-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 echioides2025Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025Mexican OrangeChoisya ternata2025Mexican OrangeChoisya ternata2025Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2025Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025DittanderLepidium latifolium2025DittanderLepidium latifolium2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025