Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.69592, -2.21814
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Watering Hole — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Watering Hole — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Jackdaw +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🐄Farm visits
Very strong match
Farm attraction
Varies
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Jackdaw +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Deer Shield, Hairy Curtain Crust, Blushing Bracket +154 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Purbeck WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wareham Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Frome Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Lawrence RideCycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Priory RideCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Purbeck RideCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Regional cycle route
East Lulworth RideCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route44 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 44 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sika TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Monkey World : Play Area & Grass
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
20,938 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,938 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Carrion Crow · Swallow · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +21
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Sika Deer · Fallow Deer · Hedgehog
- Sika DeerCervus nippon
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🦎Reptiles3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Sand Lizard · Adder · Slow-worm
- Sand LizardLacerta agilis
- AdderVipera berus2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Carabus arvensis · Myrmica sabuleti · Aphanisticus pusillus · Small Black Ant · Dusky Ant +8
- Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis
- Myrmica sabuletiMyrmica sabuleti
- Aphanisticus pusillusAphanisticus pusillus
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- Dusky AntFormica fusca
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Brithdegyll Wyffurf · Small Stagshorn · Coral Spot · Glistening Inkcap · Deer Shield +112
- Brithdegyll WyffurfPanaeolus semiovatus
- Small StagshornCalocera cornea
- Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
- Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus
- Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus
- DeceiverLaccaria laccata
- Blackening BrittlegillRussula nigricans
Marsh Clubmoss
- Marsh ClubmossLycopodiella inundata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,938 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Carrion Crow · Swallow · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +21
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Sika Deer · Fallow Deer · Hedgehog
- Sika DeerCervus nippon
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🦎Reptiles3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Sand Lizard · Adder · Slow-worm
- Sand LizardLacerta agilis
- AdderVipera berus2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Carabus arvensis · Myrmica sabuleti · Aphanisticus pusillus · Small Black Ant · Dusky Ant +8
- Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis
- Myrmica sabuletiMyrmica sabuleti
- Aphanisticus pusillusAphanisticus pusillus
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- Dusky AntFormica fusca
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Brithdegyll Wyffurf · Small Stagshorn · Coral Spot · Glistening Inkcap · Deer Shield +112
- Brithdegyll WyffurfPanaeolus semiovatus
- Small StagshornCalocera cornea
- Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
- Glistening InkcapCoprinellus micaceus
- Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus
- DeceiverLaccaria laccata
- Blackening BrittlegillRussula nigricans
Marsh Clubmoss
- Marsh ClubmossLycopodiella inundata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas