Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome60 ha
Getting here
50.98816, -1.39439
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pochard and Marsh Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 133m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pochard and Marsh Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 133m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pochard, Marsh Tit, Shoveler +60 more · last seen 2026; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Birds — Pochard, Marsh Tit, Shoveler +60 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Itchen WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Itchen Valley Woodland Nature TrailWalking route▾
Meadow Nature TrailWalking route2.5 km▾
Named routeLength 2.5 km
Woods and Meadows WalkWalking route▾
117 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Route 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network
EastleighCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Winchester Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chandlers FordCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S5Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
34,159 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,159 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Marsh Tit · Siskin · Long-tailed Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon +40
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox · Otter
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- OtterLutra lutra
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
Speckled Bush-cricket · Red-eyed Damselfly · Culiseta annulata · Varied Carpet Beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug +11
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Southern Hawker
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,159 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Marsh Tit · Siskin · Long-tailed Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon +40
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox · Otter
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- OtterLutra lutra
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
Speckled Bush-cricket · Red-eyed Damselfly · Culiseta annulata · Varied Carpet Beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug +11
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Southern Hawker
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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