Meadowside Recreation Ground
12 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
50.88499, -1.25019
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦96+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦96+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Great Tit +93 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Great Tit +93 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Black-tailed Skimmer, Batman Hoverfly +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
Hamble Rail Trail RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country ParkWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Calshot to GosportWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Strawberry TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
56 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 236 - Titchfield to SouthamptonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 236 - Portsmouth to TitchfieldCycling route▾
Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network
Route 224Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 224National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route31 m▾
Named routeRef 236Length 31 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route71 m▾
Named routeRef 236Length 71 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Meon Valley TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Recreation ground, Whiteley Village
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
28,832 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,832 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Blue Tit +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RavenCorvus corax
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- CootFulica atra
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
Hazel Dormouse · Field Vole
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Batman Hoverfly · Common Darter · Hairy Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Carabus problematicus +7
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2025
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,832 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Blue Tit +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RavenCorvus corax
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- CootFulica atra
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
Hazel Dormouse · Field Vole
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Batman Hoverfly · Common Darter · Hairy Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Carabus problematicus +7
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2025
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Banded GeneralStratiomys potamida2025Banded GeneralStratiomys potamida2025Saltmarsh HorseflyAtylotus latistriatus2025Saltmarsh HorseflyAtylotus latistriatus2025Events & activities nearby
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