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🎠Play🛝Family🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
50.72263, -1.98682
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 100m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 100m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 25
Varies
Urban park — open green space
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Poole Harbour Trails 6
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Castleman TrailwayWalking route26.5 km▾
Named routeRef CTLength 26.5 kmLocal walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 52: Worth Matravers to South Haven Point)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Poole Coast PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Shipstal trailWalking route▾
Shipstal trail, part of Arne RSPB reserve. Permissive route for people who have paid to access the reserve
Named route
Cordite WayWalking route▾
Esplanadepublic footpath · 233 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 233 mPath type: cycleway
142 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway Poole to WarehamCycling route▾
Named routeRef C3Local cycle route
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Poole Harbour Trails - CCycling route▾
Named routeRef pht-cLocal cycle route
C7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C7Local cycle route
Turbary LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Parkstone QuietwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef C6Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Poole Harbour Trails - ArneMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef pht-rLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
85,304 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
85,304 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreylag Goose · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull +22
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- TealAnas crecca
- CootFulica atra
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis +15
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Eupeodes luniger
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
85,304 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreylag Goose · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull +22
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- TealAnas crecca
- CootFulica atra
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis +15
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Eupeodes luniger
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eupeodes luniger
Eupeodes luniger
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