Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome70 ha
Getting here
50.80539, 0.28760
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Mallard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Mallard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Mallard, House Sparrow +49 more · last seen 2026; Country park — mixed habitats
Free
Birds — Robin, Mallard, House Sparrow +49 more · last seen 2026; Country park — managed habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Groundsel, Alexanders, Common Field-speedwell +27 more · last seen 2026; Country park — managed seasonal habitats and events
Free
Dogs allowed — country park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Country park — designed for family visits
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South Downs Way (Inland Route)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SDWNational walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1066 Country Walk - South Downs LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef 1006LRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Shoreham to EastbourneWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Station to Seafront cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeProposed Lcn
Stone Cross to Seafront Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeProposed Lcn
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
Horsey CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
Alternative, Old South Downs Way Bridleway RouteMountain bike route▾
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Shinewater Lanebridleway · 171 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 171 mPath type: bridleway
Shinewater Lanebridleway · 113 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 113 mPath type: service
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
55,395 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
55,395 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springwinter
2026▾
Robin · Mallard · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Magpie +47
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey Seal
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis pertinax
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Groundsel · Alexanders · Common Field-speedwell · Annual Meadow-grass · Holly +25
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
55,395 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springwinter
2026▾
Robin · Mallard · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Magpie +47
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey Seal
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis pertinax
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Groundsel · Alexanders · Common Field-speedwell · Annual Meadow-grass · Holly +25
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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