St Ann's Well Gardens
10 ha
Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
50.82978, -0.15596
Open directionsv
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 Herring Gull and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Garden Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Garden 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +40 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +40 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Newhaven-Brighton Clifftop PathWalking route▾
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Mid Sussex LinkWalking route▾
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King Charles III England Coast Path: Shoreham to EastbourneWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
143 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hove ParkCycling route▾
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Undercliff WalkCycling route▾
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Three Cornered Copse bridlewayCycling route▾
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The LevelCycling route▾
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Preston Street contraflow laneCycling route▾
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Church Road cycle contraflow/cut-throughsCycling route▾
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The Garden Café, St Ann's Well Gardens
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Wildlife to spot
25,108 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,108 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
springwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Jay · Magpie +15
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog · Marsh Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
Pea-leaf Weevil · Meliscaeva auricollis · Syrphus · Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Groundsel · Buck's-horn Plantain · Red Dead-nettle · Pellitory-of-the-wall +35
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- DaisyBellis perennis
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,108 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
springwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Jay · Magpie +15
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog · Marsh Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
Pea-leaf Weevil · Meliscaeva auricollis · Syrphus · Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Groundsel · Buck's-horn Plantain · Red Dead-nettle · Pellitory-of-the-wall +35
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- DaisyBellis perennis
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas