Knightwood Leisure Centre
14 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
50.98029, -1.40309
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- ☀️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
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- ☀️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· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Large White +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 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▾
Dirty Drivepublic footpath · 876 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 876 mSurface dirtPath type: footway
132 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
Southampton Cycle Network Route 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S9Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S8Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S4Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
Photos
Knightwood Surgery, Pilgrim's Way, Valley Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
25,158 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,158 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
springsummer
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Wren +50
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox · Stoat · Common Shrew
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- StoatMustela erminea
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Birch Shieldbug · Dock Bug +35
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,158 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
springsummer
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Wren +50
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox · Stoat · Common Shrew
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- StoatMustela erminea
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Birch Shieldbug · Dock Bug +35
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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