Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
50.85800, 0.58853
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Kiosk — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Kiosk — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Robin, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Robin, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Field Grasshopper, Eristalis tenax, Limonia nubeculosa +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
1066 Country Walk - Hastings LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Combe Valley GreenwayWalking route4.5 km▾
The Greenway runs alongside the Combe Valley Way, providing access for walkers and cyclists between Bexhill and Hastings.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route598 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 598 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route443 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 443 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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West Hill fair at Jack in the Green festival
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Wildlife to spot
29,920 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,920 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Herring Gull · Long-tailed Tit · Wren · Carrion Crow +34
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Culex pipiens
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Culex pipiensCulex pipiens
Stinking Iris · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Yellow Horned-poppy · Marsh-marigold · Lesser Celandine +15
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Yellow Horned-poppyGlaucium flavum
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
- Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,920 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Herring Gull · Long-tailed Tit · Wren · Carrion Crow +34
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Culex pipiens
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Culex pipiensCulex pipiens
Stinking Iris · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Yellow Horned-poppy · Marsh-marigold · Lesser Celandine +15
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Yellow Horned-poppyGlaucium flavum
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
- Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Evergreen Oak
Evergreen Oak
Quercus ilex2025
Quercus ilex2025
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix2025Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix2025Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2025Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025