Dennis King Memorial Sensory Garden
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.86826, 0.24688
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Herring Gull
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 202m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Herring Gull
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 202m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Canada Goose, Herring Gull, Mallard +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Canada Goose, Herring Gull, Mallard +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Broad-bodied Chaser, Large Red Damselfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Celandine, Lords-and-Ladies, Dandelion +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km▾
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1066 Country Walk - South Downs LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef 1006LRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
The Cuckoo TrailCycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route281 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 281 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route133 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 133 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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2 new houses, Grovelands Road
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Wildlife to spot
13,582 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,582 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Mallard · Herring Gull · Moorhen · Starling +22
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Long-tailed titsAegithalidae2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Yellow-necked Mouse
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis2024
Grass Snake · Pond Terrapin · Slow-worm
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
🐸Amphibians4 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
Large Red Damselfly · Eristalis pertinax · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Syritta pipiens · Broad-bodied Chaser +20
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies · Dandelion · Shepherd's-purse · Holly +21
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
- Primrose
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,582 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Mallard · Herring Gull · Moorhen · Starling +22
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Long-tailed titsAegithalidae2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Yellow-necked Mouse
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis2024
Grass Snake · Pond Terrapin · Slow-worm
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
🐸Amphibians4 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
Large Red Damselfly · Eristalis pertinax · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Syritta pipiens · Broad-bodied Chaser +20
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies · Dandelion · Shepherd's-purse · Holly +21
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
- Primrose
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Dock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusLarge Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2024Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Primula vulgaris
Primula vulgaris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisLungwortPulmonaria officinalisLungwortPulmonaria officinalisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024SpindleEuonymus europaeus2024SpindleEuonymus europaeus2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio2024Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2024Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2024