Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.78359, -0.67660
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Rick's Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Rick's Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Herring Gull +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Herring Gull +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: East Head to ShorehamWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
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
National Cycle Route 2 Worthing to South MundhamCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Bersted to Shripney Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Barnham LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Worthing to South MundhamCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Bognor Regis to ChichesterCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Hothampton Sunken Gardens
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
17,505 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,505 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Pied Wagtail · Herring Gull +31
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- TealAnas crecca
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Feral Cat
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Pea-leaf Weevil · Hypera nigrirostris · 24-spot Ladybird +5
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris2025
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
- Clover-root WeevilSitona hispidulus
🌿Plants12 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Alexanders · Green Alkanet · Shepherd's-purse · Lesser Celandine · Daisy +7
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,505 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Pied Wagtail · Herring Gull +31
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- TealAnas crecca
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Feral Cat
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Pea-leaf Weevil · Hypera nigrirostris · 24-spot Ladybird +5
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris2025
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
- Clover-root WeevilSitona hispidulus
🌿Plants12 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Alexanders · Green Alkanet · Shepherd's-purse · Lesser Celandine · Daisy +7
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
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SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Evergreen OakQuercus ilexEvergreen OakQuercus ilexMind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii2025Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Events & activities nearby
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