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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.53244, 0.73644
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Mute Swan
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕140 Eastern Esplanade Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Mute Swan
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕140 Eastern Esplanade Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Red-crested Pochard +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Red-crested Pochard +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Firebug, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Roach Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Southend RingWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Southend-on-Sea to Wallasea IslandWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53Local cycle route
Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57Local cycle route
National Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Prittle Brook CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route42 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 42 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,760 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,760 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Starling · Turnstone · Oystercatcher · Collared Dove +40
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- SanderlingCalidris alba2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Pond Terrapin · Slow-worm
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Firebug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Ophion obscuratus +10
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Ophion obscuratusOphion obscuratus
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Hornet Hoverfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,760 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Starling · Turnstone · Oystercatcher · Collared Dove +40
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- SanderlingCalidris alba2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Pond Terrapin · Slow-worm
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Firebug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Ophion obscuratus +10
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Ophion obscuratusOphion obscuratus
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Hornet Hoverfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Volucella zonaria
Volucella zonaria
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesMarbled WhiteMelanargia galatheaMarbled WhiteMelanargia galathea14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataHoverflySyrphidaeHoverflySyrphidaeBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis