Ashley Recreation Ground
12 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
50.75538, -1.63893
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dartford Warbler and Firecrest
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Bowdells Bistro & Bar — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dartford Warbler and Firecrest
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Bowdells Bistro & Bar — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Dartford Warbler, Firecrest, Raven +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Dartford Warbler, Firecrest, Raven +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, Small White +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country ParkWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
Christchurch Bay WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
New Forest Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route132 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 132 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route491 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 491 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route335 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 335 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lymington Station Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
Small recreation ground beside Lower Ashley Road
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
34,433 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,433 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dartford Warbler · Firecrest · Raven · Lesser Spotted Woodpecker · Mediterranean Gull +26
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Little TernSternula albifrons2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Adder
Large White · Small White · Speckled Wood · Red Admiral · Small Copper +16
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,433 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dartford Warbler · Firecrest · Raven · Lesser Spotted Woodpecker · Mediterranean Gull +26
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Little TernSternula albifrons2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Adder
Large White · Small White · Speckled Wood · Red Admiral · Small Copper +16
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas