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🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.06522, -0.32311
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ☀️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
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ☀️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🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km▾
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Downs LinkWalking route59 km▾
A 37 mile shared route for walkers, horse riders and cyclists linking the North Downs Way with the South Downs Way
Named routeLength 59 kmRegional walking route
West Sussex Literary TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Riverside WalkWalking route13 km▾
A circular walk around Horsham following the Chennels Brook, Horn Brook, Arun, and Boldings Brook
Named routeLength 13 kmRound tripLocal walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to PulboroughCycling route▾
Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network
Worthing Road to Horsham StationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Corridor 1aCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pedlars WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Broadbridge Heath to HorshamCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
74,709 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
74,709 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTufted Duck · Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Teal · Chaffinch +39
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TealAnas crecca
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Marsh Frog
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Hawthorn · Primrose · Blackthorn · Cuckooflower · Bluebell +9
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
74,709 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTufted Duck · Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Teal · Chaffinch +39
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TealAnas crecca
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Marsh Frog
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Hawthorn · Primrose · Blackthorn · Cuckooflower · Bluebell +9
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
