Valley Park - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife〰Water
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.98344, -1.38938
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Itchen WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Otter TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Water Vole WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Chestnut TrailWalking route▾
127 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Winchester Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chandlers FordCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S5Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S7Local cycle route
NCN 23 linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 6 & 7 LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
Photos
Electron Way, Chandler's Ford Industrial Estate
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Wildlife to spot
35,149 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,149 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Marsh Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Siskin · Carrion Crow +43
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Red-eyed Damselfly · Culiseta annulata · Varied Carpet Beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug +8
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Southern Hawker
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,149 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Marsh Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Siskin · Carrion Crow +43
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Red-eyed Damselfly · Culiseta annulata · Varied Carpet Beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug +8
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Southern Hawker
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aeshna cyanea
Aeshna cyanea
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataFerdinandeaFerdinandeaFerdinandeaFerdinandeaMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusEvents & activities nearby
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