Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
50.73308, -1.83985
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ 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
- ☕Kings Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ 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
- ☕Kings Park 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🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Stag Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon Valley PathWalking route55 km▾
Named routeRef AVPLength 55 kmRegional walking route
Ferndown, Stour and Forest TrailWalking route▾
Stour Valley WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeRef SVWLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Poole Coast PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bourne Valley Greenway walkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BVGLocal walking route
107 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stour Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
S6 ProposedCycling route▾
Named routeRef S6 pLocal cycle route
Parkstone QuietwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef C6Local cycle route
Woodland WalkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN25 (AlternateCycling route▾
Named routeRef NCN25Regional cycle route
Photos
Kings Park Cricket Ground
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
24,179 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,179 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin · Jay +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Bat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BatChiroptera
Wall Lizard · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2025
Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Hornet Hoverfly · Cabbage Bug · Hoverfly +12
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
- HoverflySyrphidae
- Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,179 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin · Jay +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Bat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BatChiroptera
Wall Lizard · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2025
Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Hornet Hoverfly · Cabbage Bug · Hoverfly +12
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
- HoverflySyrphidae
- Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Sitaris muralisSitaris muralis2025Sitaris muralisSitaris muralis2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stethorus pusillusStethorus pusillus2025Stethorus pusillusStethorus pusillus2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Events & activities nearby
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