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Hollybrook Allotments

3 ha

WildlifeBirdsDogs

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

50.93535, -1.42446

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Southampton Sports Centre 58m away — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Southampton Sports Centre 58m away — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Paid

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Tufted Duck, Coot, Black-headed Gull +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Tufted Duck, Coot, Black-headed Gull +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Orange Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Red Wood Ant +1 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Orange Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Red Wood Ant +1 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Meadow Nature TrailWalking route2.5 km

Named routeLength 2.5 km

St James' WayWalking route110 km

Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

193 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 23Cycling route

Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network

Route 24Cycling route

Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network

Route 246Cycling route

Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network

EastleighCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

AshurstCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Eling to Holbury Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

68,826 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

68,826 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2026

Tufted Duck · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Coot · Moorhen +43

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Great TitParus major
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Common GullLarus canus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects3 species

winterspring

2026

Orange Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red Wood Ant

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Red Wood AntFormica rufa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

68,826 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2026

Tufted Duck · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Coot · Moorhen +43

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Great TitParus major
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Common GullLarus canus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2026

Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects3 species

winterspring

2026

Orange Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red Wood Ant

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Red Wood AntFormica rufa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

June 2012, Hollybrook Cemetery (60)

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🌱Southampton Sports CentreUrban park700 m→🌱Riverside ParkUrban park3.5 km→🌱Lakeside Country ParkUrban park4.8 km→🌱East (Andrews) ParkUrban park3.3 km→🌱East (Andrews) ParkUrban park3.3 km→🌱Obelisk Rose GardenUrban park3.4 km→

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