Shore Road Recreation Ground
5 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
50.86242, -1.38979
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Oystercatcher
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Oystercatcher
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Oystercatcher, Curlew +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Oystercatcher, Curlew +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country Park
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 5 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
98 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
New Forest Cycle Routes - other on road routesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lepe Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
Picnic area south of Shore Road, Langdown
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
28,187 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,187 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Oystercatcher · Curlew · Carrion Crow · Grey Plover +38
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Eristalis tenax · Face Fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax · Harlequin Ladybird +3
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,187 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Oystercatcher · Curlew · Carrion Crow · Grey Plover +38
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Eristalis tenax · Face Fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax · Harlequin Ladybird +3
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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