St Ann's Well Gardens
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.82938, -0.15619
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️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
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Red Dead-nettle, Bristly Oxtongue +17 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +41 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +41 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▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Shoreham to EastbourneWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
142 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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Wildlife to spot
24,995 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,995 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 · Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis pertinax
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Groundsel · Buck's-horn Plantain · Red Dead-nettle · Pellitory-of-the-wall +34
- 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
24,995 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 · Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis pertinax
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Groundsel · Buck's-horn Plantain · Red Dead-nettle · Pellitory-of-the-wall +34
- 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
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