Swan Inn Memorial Gardens
Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.85693, 0.59080
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cornish Bakery — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cornish Bakery — 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 — Herring Gull, Robin, Woodpigeon +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Robin, Woodpigeon +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dock Bug, Field Grasshopper, Batman Hoverfly +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
1066 Country Walk - Hastings LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Combe Valley GreenwayWalking route4.5 km▾
The Greenway runs alongside the Combe Valley Way, providing access for walkers and cyclists between Bexhill and Hastings.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route598 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 598 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route443 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 443 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
16,412 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,412 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Rock Dove · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull · Mallard +25
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects25 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Field Grasshopper · Limonia nubeculosa · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Culex pipiens · Trichocera saltator +20
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Culex pipiensCulex pipiens
- Trichocera saltatorTrichocera saltator2025
- Trichocera annulata
🌿Plants64 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Alexanders · Ribwort Plantain · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Dandelion +59
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,412 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Rock Dove · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull · Mallard +25
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects25 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Field Grasshopper · Limonia nubeculosa · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Culex pipiens · Trichocera saltator +20
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Culex pipiensCulex pipiens
- Trichocera saltatorTrichocera saltator2025
- Trichocera annulata
🌿Plants64 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Alexanders · Ribwort Plantain · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Dandelion +59
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Trichocera annulata2025
Trichocera annulata2025
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025Aedes annulipesAedes annulipes2025Aedes annulipesAedes annulipes2025Ocydromia glabriculaOcydromia glabricula2025Ocydromia glabriculaOcydromia glabricula2025Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2025Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2025Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025Acericerus vittifronsAcericerus vittifrons2025Acericerus vittifronsAcericerus vittifrons2025Dicranomyia fuscaDicranomyia fusca2025Dicranomyia fuscaDicranomyia fusca2025Rhypholophus bifurcatusRhypholophus bifurcatus2025Rhypholophus bifurcatusRhypholophus bifurcatus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025TrichoceraTrichocera2025TrichoceraTrichocera2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Cheilosia scutellataCheilosia scutellata2025Cheilosia scutellataCheilosia scutellata2025Chrysogaster cemiteriorumChrysogaster cemiteriorum2025Chrysogaster cemiteriorumChrysogaster cemiteriorum2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo20252025
2025
Fat-henChenopodium album2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2025Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Yellow Horned-poppyGlaucium flavumYellow Horned-poppyGlaucium flavumLesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2025Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2025Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2025Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2025Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix2025Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2025Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis2025Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Japanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonica2025Japanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonica2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2025Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2025Field WoundwortStachys arvensis2025Field WoundwortStachys arvensis2025SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025Nettle-Leaved GoosefootChenopodiastrum murale2025Nettle-Leaved GoosefootChenopodiastrum murale2025Lesser CalamintClinopodium nepeta2025Lesser CalamintClinopodium nepeta2025Toothpick-PlantVisnaga daucoides2025Toothpick-PlantVisnaga daucoides2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025White StonecropSedum album2025White StonecropSedum album2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2025Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2025Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025Events & activities nearby
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