Jubilee Recreation Ground
4 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
50.75516, -1.28389
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Artisan — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Artisan — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Black-headed Gull +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Black-headed Gull +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Large Red Damselfly +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Isle of Wight Coastal PathWalking route113 km▾
Named routeLength 113 kmRound tripRegional walking route
41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round the Island RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 67Regional cycle route
Cowes (Route 4)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Stag Lane to Noke CommonCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Route 246Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
Cowes (Route 3)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Red Squirrel Trail: Parkhurst ForestMountain bike route▾
Divert from the Red Squirrel Tail for Red Squirrel Hide
Named route
Lepe Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
A3021 York Avenue looking south-east
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
15,414 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,414 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
House Sparrow · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin · Rock Dove +45
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata2025
Stag Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Red-legged Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket +19
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Azure Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,414 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
House Sparrow · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin · Rock Dove +45
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata2025
Stag Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Red-legged Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket +19
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Azure Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coenagrion puella2025
Coenagrion puella2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Dock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025