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Asylum Green

8 ha

📷 Colin Pyle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha

Getting here

50.91583, -1.40244

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 81m away — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 81m away — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Orange Ladybird, Juniper Shieldbug, Common Darter · last seen 2026; Insects — Orange Ladybird, Juniper Shieldbug, Common Darter · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Itchen WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Solent WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route

Hamble Rail Trail RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Itchen Valley Woodland Nature TrailWalking route

Named route

Meadow Nature TrailWalking route2.5 km

Named routeLength 2.5 km

🚴

Cycling

139 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 23Cycling route

Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network

Route 246Cycling route

Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network

Eling to Holbury Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route

Named routeRef S2Local cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route

Named routeRef S3Local cycle route

National Cycle Route 236 - Southampton to LyndhurstCycling route

Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route

Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

86,521 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

86,521 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winter

2026

Tufted Duck · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Coot · Moorhen +47

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
TealAnas crecca2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Orange Ladybird

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

86,521 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

winter

2026

Tufted Duck · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Coot · Moorhen +47

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
TealAnas crecca2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Orange Ladybird

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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