Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.84005, -0.77483
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Peregrine
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Peregrine
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — 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 — Woodpigeon, Peregrine, Herring Gull +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Peregrine, Herring Gull +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Stag Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle +25 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
New Lipchis WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: South Hayling to East Head: Avoidance of Itchenor FerryWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
The Selsey Tram WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Centurion WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
West Sussex Literary TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
City Wallspublic footpath · 196 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 196 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
City Wallspublic footpath · 128 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 128 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
City Wallspublic footpath · 22 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 288Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 288National Cycle Network
Shopwhyke to Chichester Cycle Route (Via Westhampnett Road)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chichester to Norton Cycle TrackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle routeSurface asphalt
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Saltern's WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Around Chichester Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
23,370 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,370 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Blue Tit +27
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Otter
Syrphus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Sphaerophoria scripta · Scathophaga stercoraria · Meliscaeva auricollis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Green Alkanet · Red Dead-nettle · Wood Avens · Daisy · Ivy +97
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- IvyHedera helix
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,370 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Blue Tit +27
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Otter
Syrphus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Sphaerophoria scripta · Scathophaga stercoraria · Meliscaeva auricollis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Green Alkanet · Red Dead-nettle · Wood Avens · Daisy · Ivy +97
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- IvyHedera helix
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
