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Goring Recreation Ground

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BirdsWildlifePitches
Public accessDogs welcome

Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦106+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Oystercatcher
  • Playing fields is at its best in summer here
  • 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
ParkingPlaygroundToilets

Best for

12 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Carrion Crow, Oystercatcher, Herring Gull +103 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Oystercatcher, Herring Gull +103 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Playing fields

Playing field

Free

Family friendly

playground, toilets; Playing field

Free

Playgrounds

playground, toilets, parking

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Spurge-laurel, Ground-ivy, Cow Parsley +22 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Spurge-laurel, Ground-ivy, Cow Parsley +22 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: East Head to ShorehamWalking route
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Cissbury Ring History and Nature Trail, Sussex EastWalking route3.5 km

Walk ancient roads, enjoy views of 78miles of coast from the 2nd largest Iron Age hillfort in southern England & see Neolithic flint mines & wildlife in this chalk downland site. Grassland, embankments & flint paths with steep sections. Slippery when wet

Named routeLength 3.5 kmDuration 01:00-01:30Round tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
South Coast Cycle RouteCycling route

considered a poor cycle route by some cyclists, and a stand in for completion of NCN 2 to Littlehampton and beyond to Chichester

Named routeLocal cycle route
Town Centre to Worthing StationCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Worthing to South MundhamCycling route
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Town centre to seafrontCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
A259 cycle routeCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Town Centre to Lyons FarmCycling route
Named route
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Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths
Ilex Avenuebridleway · 1 km

broad, tree-lined, well-kept by a preservation society

Public pathbridlewayLength 1 kmPath type: bridleway
Ilex Avenuebridleway · 314 m

broad, tree-lined, well-kept by a preservation society

Public pathbridlewayLength 314 mPath type: bridleway

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