Boscombe Chine Gardens
20 ha
Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
50.72138, -1.84718
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Marmalade Hoverfly, Harlequin Ladybird +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon Valley PathWalking route55 km▾
Named routeRef AVPLength 55 kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeRef SVWLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Poole Coast PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bourne Valley Greenway walkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BVGLocal walking route
Boscombe Arts Trail.Walking route▾
96 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stour Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
S6 ProposedCycling route▾
Named routeRef S6 pLocal cycle route
Parkstone QuietwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef C6Local cycle route
Woodland WalkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN25 (AlternateCycling route▾
Named routeRef NCN25Regional cycle route
Photos
Boscombe Chine Gardens: children’s playground detail
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
13,302 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,302 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Jay +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Bat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BatChiroptera
Wall Lizard · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2025
Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Cabbage Bug · Hoverfly · Nimbus contaminatus +10
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
- HoverflySyrphidae
- Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,302 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Jay +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Bat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BatChiroptera
Wall Lizard · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2025
Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Cabbage Bug · Hoverfly · Nimbus contaminatus +10
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
- HoverflySyrphidae
- Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Yellow-legged Black LegionnaireBeris morrisii2025Yellow-legged Black LegionnaireBeris morrisii2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025Events & activities nearby
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