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Itchen Valley Country Park

✦ Ancient woodland1 ha

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

50.94629, -1.33963

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Herring Gull
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Herring Gull
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Bike parkingParking· PaidPicnic spotPlayground

Best for

14 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Robin +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Robin +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, picnic area

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Itchen WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Otter TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Water Vole WayWalking route

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The Chestnut TrailWalking route

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Forest TrailWalking route

Named route

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Cycling

136 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Chandlers FordCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef S1Local cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef S5Local cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef S7Local cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 6 & 7 LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef S6Local cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route

Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

57,849 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

57,849 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winter

2025

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Herring Gull · Blue Tit +57

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
NuthatchSitta europaea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SiskinSpinus spinus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
JayGarrulus glandarius
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Common GullLarus canus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
SnipeGallinago gallinago
CootFulica atra
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RavenCorvus corax
Water RailRallus aquaticus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

57,849 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winter

2025

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Herring Gull · Blue Tit +57

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
NuthatchSitta europaea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SiskinSpinus spinus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
JayGarrulus glandarius
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Common GullLarus canus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
SnipeGallinago gallinago
CootFulica atra
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RavenCorvus corax
Water RailRallus aquaticus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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