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High View Park

14 ha

📷 Wikipedia · High View Park · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha

Getting here

50.85267, -1.13396

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
☀️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

🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
☀️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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +89 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +89 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Great Green Bush-cricket +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wayfarers WalkWalking route

Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire

Named routeRegional walking route

Allan King WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 44 milesRegional walking route

Pilgrims' TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Gosport to Portsmouth: Wicor Marine Alt RouteWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Gosport to PortsmouthWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Upper Cornaway Lanepublic footpath · 160 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 160 mSurface grassPath type: footway

Upper Cornaway Lanepublic footpath · 591 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 591 mPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

107 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 236 - Portsmouth to TitchfieldCycling route

Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network

Route 22Cycling route

Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network

National Cycle Route 236 - Portsmouth to TitchfieldCycling route

Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network

Route 224Cycling route

Named routeRef 224National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route31 m

Named routeRef 236Length 31 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Main RouteCycling route71 m

Named routeRef 236Length 71 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Meon Valley TrailMountain bike route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

23,565 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,565 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

winter

2025

Woodpigeon · Oystercatcher · Little Egret · Black-headed Gull · Curlew +55

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CurlewNumenius arquata
RobinErithacus rubecula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
MagpiePica pica
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major
RedshankTringa totanus
Common GullLarus canus
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
TealAnas crecca
Rock DoveColumba livia
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,565 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

winter

2025

Woodpigeon · Oystercatcher · Little Egret · Black-headed Gull · Curlew +55

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CurlewNumenius arquata
RobinErithacus rubecula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
MagpiePica pica
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major
RedshankTringa totanus
Common GullLarus canus
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
TealAnas crecca
Rock DoveColumba livia
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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