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🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome55 ha
Getting here
50.86873, -1.34280
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️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
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️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🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Country park — designed for family visits
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Country park — good for group day out
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Dogs allowed — country park
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHAPEL IN THE GROUNDS OF THE ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Itchen WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
Hamble Rail Trail RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
St James' WayWalking route110 km▾
Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country ParkWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
Hamble Rail Trailpublic footpath · 557 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 557 mPath type: footway
Hamble Rail Trailpublic footpath · 128 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 128 mPath type: footway
Westfield Commonpublic footpath · 552 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 552 mPath type: unclassified
123 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
New Forest Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S1Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S5Local cycle route
National Cycle Route 236 - Titchfield to SouthamptonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network
Southampton Cycle Network Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S6Local cycle route
New Forest Cycle Routes - other on road routesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lepe Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
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Tea rooms and miniature railway in Royal Victoria Park
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Wildlife to spot
15,844 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,844 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Bullfinch · Cormorant · Pied Wagtail · House Martin · Long-tailed Tit +41
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Brown Rat · Roe Deer
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Marmalade Hoverfly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Volucella pellucens · Eupeodes · Helophilus pendulus +42
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,844 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Bullfinch · Cormorant · Pied Wagtail · House Martin · Long-tailed Tit +41
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Brown Rat · Roe Deer
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Marmalade Hoverfly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Volucella pellucens · Eupeodes · Helophilus pendulus +42
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
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