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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 6 ha
Places › England › South West › Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Getting here
50.77342, -1.95245
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Linnet, Goldfinch, Blue Tit +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Linnet, Goldfinch, Blue Tit +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Keeled Skimmer, Common Darter, Emperor Dragonfly +58 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Keeled Skimmer, Common Darter, Emperor Dragonfly +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Heath Star Moss, Common Smoothcap, Two-horned Pincerwort +53 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Heath Star Moss, Common Smoothcap, Two-horned Pincerwort +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ferndown, Stour and Forest Trail Walking route ▾
Walk at Eye Bridge and Pamphill, Kingston Lacy Walking route 5.4 km ▾
Grass, undulating and rough in parts, gravel tracks, easy ascents and descents.
Named route Length 5.4 km Duration 02:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Walk at Pamphill Green and Moor, Kingston Lacy Walking route 2.8 km ▾
Grass, gravel tracks and a short stretch on a path, undulating and rough in parts, with easy ascents and descents. The walk may be wet in winter.
Named route Length 2.8 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Walk at Pamphill and Cowgrove, Kingston Lacy Walking route 4.5 km ▾
Gravel and grass tracks with a short distance on a country lane. Undulating going down into the valley and back. Ground can become very wet in winter.
Named route Length 4.5 km Duration 01:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Bourne Valley Greenway walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref BVG Local walking route
Show on map 149 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 25 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 25 National Cycle Network
Show on map Canford Heath Quiet Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Bournemouth to Parley Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref c2 Local cycle route
Show on map University to Alderney Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C8 Local cycle route
Show on map Bourne Valley Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Bourne Valley Greenway Local cycle route
Show on map Francis Avenue to Broadstone Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Longfleet Drive bridleway · 283 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 283 m Surface dirt Path type: bridleway
Show on map Photos Perimeter road around Canford Park Arena
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Wildlife to spot
27,761 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 27,761 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Robin +46
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Roe Deer
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Keeled Skimmer · Common Darter · Large Red Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Common Blue Damselfly +23
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Broad-bodied Chaser Aloe Haircap
Aloe Haircap Pogonatum aloides Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 27,761 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Robin +46
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Roe Deer
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Keeled Skimmer · Common Darter · Large Red Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Common Blue Damselfly +23
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Broad-bodied Chaser Aloe Haircap
Aloe Haircap Pogonatum aloides Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Libellula depressa2025
Libellula depressa2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes2025
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes2025
Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas bicolor
Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas bicolor
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus2025
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum2025
Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum2025
Common Pondskater Gerris (Gerris) lacustris2025
Common Pondskater Gerris (Gerris) lacustris2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Oxythyrea funesta Oxythyrea funesta2025
Oxythyrea funesta Oxythyrea funesta2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Heath Bee-fly Bombylius minor2025
Heath Bee-fly Bombylius minor2025
Lagria hirta Lagria hirta2025
Lagria hirta Lagria hirta2025
Oak Mining Sawfly Profenusa pygmaea2025
Oak Mining Sawfly Profenusa pygmaea2025
Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva2025
Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva2025 