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Sidlesham Memorial Playing Field

📷 nick macneill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

50.77445, -0.78861

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦96+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
  • ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
  • 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Playground

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Teal +93 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Teal +93 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

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

Free

Playing fields

Playing field

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Apion frumentarium, Oedemera femoralis, Agonum marginatum · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Gorse, Blackthorn, Lesser Celandine +2 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Gorse, Blackthorn, Lesser Celandine +2 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: East Head to ShorehamWalking route
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: South Hayling to East Head: Avoidance of Itchenor FerryWalking route
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
New Lipchis WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
The Selsey Tram WayWalking route
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
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Cycling

32 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Saltern's WayCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Medmerry Cycle LinkCycling route
Named routeRef 88Regional cycle route
Medmerry Cycle RoutesCycling route
Named route
Route 288Cycling route
Named routeRef 288National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
South Coast Cycle RouteCycling route

considered a poor cycle route by some cyclists, and a stand in for completion of NCN 2 to Littlehampton and beyond to Chichester

Named routeLocal cycle route
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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths
Chalk Lanebridleway · 1.2 km
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.2 kmSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Memorial Laying Field - Sidlesham Football Club

📷 nick macneill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Memorial Laying Field - Sidlesham Football Club

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Avisford ParkUrban park5 km→🦉PAGHAM HARBOURNature reserve1.9 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds1.1 km→⛪St Ninians United Reformed ChurchReligious grounds3.5 km→✦Beckett's Barn and adjoining earthworksHistoric site3 km→⛪St James's ChurchReligious grounds3.9 km→

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