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Salts Recreation Ground

📷 Paul Gillett · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsPitches
Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

50.77336, 0.09518

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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
  • ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
  • 🛝Playground 122m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Bike parkingParkingPlaygroundToilets

Best for

13 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Rock Pipit +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Rock Pipit +70 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Playing field

Free

Family friendly

playground, toilets; Playing field

Free

Playgrounds

playground, toilets, parking

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Wall Barley, Daisy, Yarrow +218 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Wall Barley, Daisy, Yarrow +218 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

14 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South Downs WayWalking route160 km
Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Newhaven-Brighton Clifftop PathWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Hill and Vale Walk at Frog Firle Farm, South Downs EastWalking route6.4 km

Looping over Cradle & Hindover Hills, see views of secluded farmland & divert to Litlington. Spot geese feeding on the water meadows, birds & insects singing in the hillside shrub, & wild flowers growing in the chalk grassland. Slopes & uneven terrain.

Named routeLength 6.4 kmDuration 02:00Round trip
Bonningstedt Promenadepublic footpath · 400 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 400 mPath type: footway
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Cycling

48 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Peacehaven - Newhaven (ESCC Cycle Route 205)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Saltdean - Peacehaven - Southease (ESCC Cycle Route 204)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 2Cycling route
Named routeRef 2Ye
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route

English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities

Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Egrets WayCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
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Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
Friston Forest Family MTB RouteMountain bike route
Named route
Friston Forest Red MTB RouteMountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

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Salts recreation ground

📷 Paul Gillett · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🦉SEAFORD HEADNature reserve3.3 km→🌱Fort Road Recreational GroundUrban park3.4 km→🌱Crouch GardensUrban park900 m→✦Newhaven military fort and lunette batteryHistoric site3.1 km→🏞️SEVEN SISTERSCountry park4.6 km→🌱Downs Leisure CentreUrban park1.6 km→

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