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Balksbury hillfort

2 ha

📷 Mr Ignavy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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BirdsHeritageWildlife

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

51.19826, -1.49976

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Robin
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 161m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Robin
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 161m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Robin, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Mallard, Robin, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Darter, Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly +9 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Test WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route

River Anton WayWalking route3.2 km

Named routeLength 3.2 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route

Route Andover 38dWalking route

Named routeRef Andover 38d

The Brenda Parker WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Rooksbury Roadpublic footpath · 66 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 66 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

40 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Town centre to rail stationCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Charlton LakesCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

West AndoverCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Andover-MonxtonCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

AndoverCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Andover The Lakes cycle routeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Danebury Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

A strenuous 24 miles that takes in some of Hampshire’s finest scenery. This cycle route joins easy sections of the Test Way with the steeper gradients of the Broughton Downs.

Named routeListed length 24 miHampshire off Road cycle trails

Vernham Dean Off-Road cycle trailMountain bike route

Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails

Wildlife to spot

82,474 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

82,474 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mute Swan · Wren +45

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

82,474 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mute Swan · Wren +45

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mr Ignavy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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