Southampton Sports Centre
60 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome60 ha
Getting here
50.94112, -1.41952
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Tufted Duck
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 274m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Tufted Duck
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 274m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Tufted Duck, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Robin, Tufted Duck, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Test WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route
Itchen WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
Meadow Nature TrailWalking route2.5 km▾
Named routeLength 2.5 km
St James' WayWalking route110 km▾
Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
200 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Route 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network
Route 246Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
EastleighCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Eling to Holbury Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S2Local cycle route
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Lordswood Greenwaybridleway · 1.3 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.3 kmSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Photos
Southampton Sports Centre
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
68,215 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
68,215 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTufted Duck · Pied Wagtail · Robin · Great Tit · Coot +43
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects9 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Red Wood Ant · Gorse Shieldbug · Pine Ladybird · Orange Ladybird +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
68,215 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTufted Duck · Pied Wagtail · Robin · Great Tit · Coot +43
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects9 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Red Wood Ant · Gorse Shieldbug · Pine Ladybird · Orange Ladybird +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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