Goldsmith's Recreation Ground
8 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.06384, 0.16570
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Carrion Crow +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Carrion Crow +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Birch Shieldbug, Southern Hawker, Common Red Soldier Beetle +119 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Yorkshire-fog, Sweet Vernal-grass, Compact Rush +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km▾
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
Tunbridge Wells Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
23 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
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route4.5 km▾
Named routeRef 21Length 4.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 21Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route62 m▾
Named routeLength 62 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Crowborough sports and recreation area
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
41,014 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
41,014 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Goldcrest · Wren · Carrion Crow +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Feral Cat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird · Limnephilus lunatus · Limnephilus flavicornis · Migrant Hawker +9
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Limnephilus flavicornisLimnephilus flavicornis2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
Hawthorn
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,014 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Goldcrest · Wren · Carrion Crow +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Feral Cat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird · Limnephilus lunatus · Limnephilus flavicornis · Migrant Hawker +9
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Limnephilus flavicornisLimnephilus flavicornis2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
Hawthorn
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025PolietesPolietes2025PolietesPolietes2025Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025Limnephilus affinisLimnephilus affinis2025Limnephilus affinisLimnephilus affinis2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025DrosophilaDrosophila2025DrosophilaDrosophila2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025Events & activities nearby
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