Plan your visit
🎠Play🛝Family⛪Churchyards
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.89022, -1.45274
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Sweet Soul Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Sweet Soul Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Best for
6 activitiesplayground, café, parking
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Named cycling route nearby: Route 246
Dogs allowed with public access
Religious grounds — local heritage
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Test WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route
Itchen WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
St James' WayWalking route110 km▾
Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country ParkWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
137 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Route 246Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
AshurstCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Eling to Holbury Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S2Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S3Local cycle route
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
St John the Apostle, Marchwood- church path
Photos
St John the Apostle, Marchwood- church path
Facilities
☕Café
Sweet Soul Cafe · 187m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,554 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,554 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds57 species
winterspringautumn
2025Blue Tit · Blackbird · Dunlin · Magpie · Greenshank
+52 more speciesHide species list
All 57 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Great TitParus major
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common GullLarus canus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
🦌Mammals9 species
springautumn
2025Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Hedgehog
+4 more speciesHide species list
All 9 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2024Common Lizard · Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025Common Toad
Stag Beetle · Southern Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird · Rose Chafer · Red-legged Shieldbug
+14 more speciesHide species list
All 19 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
- Diaperis boleti
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,554 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds57 species
winterspringautumn
2025Blue Tit · Blackbird · Dunlin · Magpie · Greenshank
+52 more speciesHide species list
All 57 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Great TitParus major
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common GullLarus canus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
🦌Mammals9 species
springautumn
2025Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Hedgehog
+4 more speciesHide species list
All 9 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2024Common Lizard · Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025Common Toad
Stag Beetle · Southern Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird · Rose Chafer · Red-legged Shieldbug
+14 more speciesHide species list
All 19 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
- Diaperis boleti
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Noctule
Noctule
Nyctalus noctula
Nyctalus noctula
Red FoxVulpes vulpesRed FoxVulpes vulpesPipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024MoleTalpa europaea2023MoleTalpa europaea2023Diaperis boleti
Diaperis boleti
Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistusStenophylax permistusStenophylax permistusGlyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidusAthripsodes bilineatusAthripsodes bilineatusAthripsodes bilineatusAthripsodes bilineatusNut WeevilCurculio nucum2024Nut WeevilCurculio nucum2024Hesperocorixa sahlbergiHesperocorixa sahlbergi2024Hesperocorixa sahlbergiHesperocorixa sahlbergi2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024CantharisCantharis2024CantharisCantharis2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024