Meon Vale Leisure Centre
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.12103, -1.76200
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 229m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 229m 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 — Moorhen, Mallard, Little Egret +86 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Moorhen, Mallard, Little Egret +86 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Black-tailed Skimmer, Hornet Hoverfly, 14-spot Ladybird +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Cotswold LinkWalking route34 km▾
Named routeLength 34 kmRegional walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Stratford-IlmingtonCycling route▾
Named routeRef SILocal cycle route
Stratford-WelfordCycling route▾
Named routeRef SWLocal cycle route
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5.3 km▾
Named routeRef 5Length 5.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,519 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,519 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Mallard · Little Egret · Chiffchaff · Teal +34
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- TealAnas crecca
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- MagpiePica pica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common GullLarus canus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SwiftApus apus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RavenCorvus corax
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Newt
Hornet Hoverfly · 14-spot Ladybird · Woundwort Shieldbug · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · 24-spot Ladybird +3
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,519 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Mallard · Little Egret · Chiffchaff · Teal +34
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- TealAnas crecca
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- MagpiePica pica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common GullLarus canus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SwiftApus apus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RavenCorvus corax
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Newt
Hornet Hoverfly · 14-spot Ladybird · Woundwort Shieldbug · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · 24-spot Ladybird +3
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oedemera lurida
Oedemera lurida
Oedemera lurida
Oedemera lurida
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata![Barn Antiques Centre [1]](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/10/43/3104329_772a0a48.jpg)