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Parkstone Golf Course

4 ha

📷 Josie Campbell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

50.70523, -1.92629

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
CaféParking· PaidToilets

Best for

12 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Oystercatcher +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Oystercatcher +77 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Snowy Waxcap, Torth Felen, Ochre Brittlegill +101 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Snowy Waxcap, Torth Felen, Ochre Brittlegill +101 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Picnic day out

café, toilets, car park

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Syrphus, Chrysogaster solstitialis +90 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Common Feather-moss, Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme, Dusky Beard-moss +49 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Common Feather-moss, Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme, Dusky Beard-moss +49 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

15 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South West Coast Path (Section 52: Worth Matravers to South Haven Point)Walking route
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Poole Coast PathWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Two Bays WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Bourne Valley Greenway walkWalking route
Named routeRef BVGLocal walking route
Poole Harbour Trails 2Walking route
Named routeRef 2Local walking route
Flaghead Chine Roadpublic footpath · 358 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 358 mSurface asphaltIncline upPath type: footway
Dornie Roadpublic footpath · 102 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 102 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
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Cycling

147 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Cycleway Poole to WarehamCycling route
Named routeRef C3Local cycle route
Route 2Cycling route

National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Poole Harbour Trails - CCycling route
Named routeRef pht-cLocal cycle route
C7Cycling route
Named routeRef C7Local cycle route
Parkstone QuietwayCycling route
Named routeRef C6Local cycle route
NCN25 (AlternateCycling route
Named routeRef NCN25Regional cycle route
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Rempstone RideMountain bike route
Named routeRef 2

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Compton Acres Italian Garden

📷 Josie Campbell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Compton Acres Italian Garden

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🌱Harbourside ParkUrban park3.3 km→🌱Harbourside ParkUrban park3.3 km→🌱Whitecliff ParkUrban park2.5 km→🌱Poole ParkUrban park3.3 km→🌱Central GardensUrban park3.5 km→🌱Central GardensUrban park3.5 km→

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