🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mediterranean Gull and Wigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mediterranean Gull and Wigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid
Best for
6 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mediterranean Gull, Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit +64 more · last seen 2026; Saline lagoons — specialist waders and wildfowl
Free
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Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Mediterranean Gull, Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit +64 more · last seen 2026; Saline lagoons priority habitat
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Western Conifer Seed Bug, Common Darter +21 more · last seen 2025
Free
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Heritage
Strong match
Historic site
Free
🍂
Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Lizard Orchid, Eastern Rocket, Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. hibernicus +1 more · last seen 2024
Free
🏡
Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Allan King WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 44 milesRegional walking route
Pilgrims' TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
The Shipwrights WayWalking route▾
A long distance route which links villages and towns in east Hampshire. The name reflects the use of oak grown at Alice Holt Forest for Tudor shipbuilding.
Named routeRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country ParkWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
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Cycling
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120 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 222Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 222National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
Route 224Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 224National Cycle Network
Portsmouth E-W routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef Portsmouth E-W routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route642 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 642 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
