Plan your visit
🦅 Birds✦ Heritage🧺 Picnic
Public access Dogs welcome 63 ha
Getting here
51.23256, -0.21048
Open directionsv ✦ Grade II Registered Park and Garden — Historic designed landscape on the National Heritage List for England of special interest, warranting efforts to preserve it.
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out 🅿️ Parking· Free 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +47 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦ Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: REIGATE PRIORY; Historic site with public access
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +47 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 18 signed routes nearby · 53 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Reigate and Banstead Millennium Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref RBMT Regional walking route
Show on map Heathland Trail (Headley Heath NT) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tandridge Border Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Mills & Pillboxes walk (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Headley Heath Lizard Trail, Box Hill Walking route 3.2 km ▾
The Lizard Trail is a wonderful way to explore the rich array of flowers, birds, insects and animals that inhabit Headley Heath's rare environment of acid lowland heath and dry chalk downland. Dogs welcome, under control around livestock.
Named route Length 3.2 km Duration 01:00-01:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Castle Walk public footpath · 191 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 191 m Surface asphalt Incline up Path type: footway
Show on map Church Walk public footpath · 171 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 171 m Surface asphalt Path type: footway
Show on map Seale Hill public footpath · 53 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 53 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map 36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 20 Wandsworth to South Merstham (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 20 National Cycle Network
Show on map Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris Cycling route ▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named route Ref AV International cycle route
Show on map Route 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 National Cycle Network
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Epsom link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Leigh link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Leigh link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Littleton Lane byway open to all traffic · 296 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 296 m Surface concrete Incline up Path type: service
Show on map Littleton Lane byway open to all traffic · 188 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 188 m Path type: service
Show on map Photos Reigate Priory Playing Fields
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Wildlife to spot
27,307 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 27,307 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +45
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Tit Parus major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Jay Garrulus glandarius Nuthatch Sitta europaea Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Stock Dove Columba oenas Coal Tit Periparus ater Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Redwing Turdus iliacus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Rook Corvus frugilegus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Dunnock Prunella modularis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Swift Apus apus Gadwall Mareca strepera House Sparrow Passer domesticus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Raven Corvus corax Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Skylark Alauda arvensis Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Rock Dove Columba livia Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 🦌 Mammals 5 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Mole · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Noctule Nyctalus noctula Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Mole Talpa europaea Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Slow-worm · Common Lizard
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 9 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Pantaloon Bee +4
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Pantaloon Bee Dasypoda hirtipes 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 27,307 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +45
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Tit Parus major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Jay Garrulus glandarius Nuthatch Sitta europaea Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Stock Dove Columba oenas Coal Tit Periparus ater Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Redwing Turdus iliacus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Rook Corvus frugilegus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Dunnock Prunella modularis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Swift Apus apus Gadwall Mareca strepera House Sparrow Passer domesticus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Raven Corvus corax Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Skylark Alauda arvensis Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Rock Dove Columba livia Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 🦌 Mammals 5 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Mole · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Noctule Nyctalus noctula Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Mole Talpa europaea Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Slow-worm · Common Lizard
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 9 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Pantaloon Bee +4
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Pantaloon Bee Dasypoda hirtipes 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
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