Getting here
50.78917, -2.83783
Best for
4 activitiesDog walks
Free78%Dogs allowed with public access
Family friendly
Free68%Urban park — family destination
Picnic day out
Free62%Urban park — open green space
Mountain biking
Varies60%Named MTB route nearby: Wessex Ridgeway Trail
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
9
4 named nearby · 5 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
15
15 named nearby
Named route
🚵
Mountain biking
1
1 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
1
1 public path
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Monarch's Way · Walking990 km
Wessex Ridgeway Trail · Mountain bike0
Wessex Ridgeway · Walking0
Jubilee Trail (Dorset) · Walking0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
About this urban park
Mead is a urban park covering 4 hectares.
Wildlife to spot
Photos
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
⛪St John's ChurchReligious grounds4.4 km→✦Pilsdon Pen hillfort and associated remainsHistoric site2.1 km→🌱Girt FieldUrban park300 m→✦Lambert's Castle: an Iron Age hillfort 425m west of Nash Farm, with a bowl barrow, and the sites of a post-medieval fair and a telegraph stationHistoric site3.9 km→🌱Little MeadUrban park100 m→⛪Holy Trinity ChurchReligious grounds4.9 km→