Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.74016, -2.02319
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 131m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 131m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Mallard +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Mallard +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meliscaeva auricollis, Eristalis pertinax, Syrphus +16 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Castleman TrailwayWalking route26.5 km▾
Named routeRef CTLength 26.5 kmLocal walking route
Stour Valley WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeRef SVWLength 100 kmRegional walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Shipstal trailWalking route▾
Shipstal trail, part of Arne RSPB reserve. Permissive route for people who have paid to access the reserve
Named route
Cordite WayWalking route▾
Ropers Lanepublic footpath · 104 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 104 mPath type: unclassified
107 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway Poole to WarehamCycling route▾
Named routeRef C3Local cycle route
Poole Harbour Trails - CCycling route▾
Named routeRef pht-cLocal cycle route
C7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C7Local cycle route
Route 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
Poole Harbour Trails - ACycling route▾
Named routeRef pht-aLocal cycle route
Canford Heath Quiet CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Poole Harbour Trails - ArneMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef pht-rLocal cycle route
25 public paths nearby
Public paths
The Crosswaysbridleway · 172 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 172 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Meadowbankbridleway · 47 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 47 mPath type: residential
Upton Trailwaybridleway · 529 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 529 mSurface gravelPath type: bridleway
Warbler Closebridleway · 138 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 138 mPath type: residential
Heights Roadbridleway · 184 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 184 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
301,772 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
301,772 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Great Tit · Mallard · Mute Swan · Blue Tit +22
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Sand Lizard
- Sand LizardLacerta agilis
🐝Insects19 species
winterspring
2026▾
Meliscaeva auricollis · Eristalis pertinax · Syrphus · Platycheirus albimanus · Marmalade Hoverfly +14
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
301,772 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Great Tit · Mallard · Mute Swan · Blue Tit +22
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Sand Lizard
- Sand LizardLacerta agilis
🐝Insects19 species
winterspring
2026▾
Meliscaeva auricollis · Eristalis pertinax · Syrphus · Platycheirus albimanus · Marmalade Hoverfly +14
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas