Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.24909, -1.17595
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦56+ 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
- ☕Jolly Olly's — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ 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
- ☕Jolly Olly's — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wayfarers WalkWalking route▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named routeRegional walking route
St James' WayWalking route110 km▾
Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Oakley to Basingstoke Multi-User Routepublic footpath · 498 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 498 mSurface compactedPath type: path
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Calleva TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Calleva TrailRegional cycle route
Oakley to Basingstoke Multi-User RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Basingstoke Strategic Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 23Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route16 m▾
Named routeRef 23Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycling Discoveries in North HampshireMountain bike route▾
Basingstoke Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Watership Down Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Cliddesden Duck Pond (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 2: Cliddesden Duck Pond
Ellisfield Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Abbotstone Down Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
20,460 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
20,460 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Starling · Kestrel · Wren +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Stoat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- StoatMustela erminea2022
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Bombus lucorum · Western Honey Bee +16
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2022
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2022
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2022
- BumblebeeBombus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,460 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Starling · Kestrel · Wren +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Stoat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- StoatMustela erminea2022
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Bombus lucorum · Western Honey Bee +16
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2022
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2022
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2022
- BumblebeeBombus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2022White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2022Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2022Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2022Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2022Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2022Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusScaeva seleniticaScaeva seleniticaScaeva seleniticaScaeva seleniticaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2023Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2023Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2023Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2023Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2022Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2022Events & activities nearby
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