Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.76674, 0.29179
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Jackdaw
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Fresco — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Jackdaw
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Fresco — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Starling +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Starling +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Pellitory-of-the-wall, Hart's-Tongue +239 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South Downs WayWalking route160 km▾
Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route
South Downs Way (Inland Route)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SDWNational walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1066 Country Walk - South Downs LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef 1006LRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Shoreham to EastbourneWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Station to Seafront cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeProposed Lcn
Stone Cross to Seafront Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeProposed Lcn
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
Horsey CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
Horsey Cycleway phase1B (due to be constructed)Cycling route▾
Named routeProposed Lcn
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
Alternative, Old South Downs Way Bridleway RouteMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,903 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,903 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds16 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Starling · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw · Coot · Cormorant +11
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
springautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Corizus hyoscyami · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
🌿Plants100 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Hart's-Tongue · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Black Spleenwort · Wood Avens +95
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,903 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds16 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Starling · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw · Coot · Cormorant +11
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
springautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Corizus hyoscyami · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
🌿Plants100 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Hart's-Tongue · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Black Spleenwort · Wood Avens +95
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
