The Church of St Nicholas
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🐶Dogs🐄Farms🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.82282, -1.06736
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Cafe Mardin — 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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Cafe Mardin — 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
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Farm attraction nearby
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wayfarers WalkWalking route▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named routeRegional walking route
Allan King WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 44 milesRegional walking route
Pilgrims' TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
Havant Footpath 30Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
171 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 222Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 222National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 236 - Portsmouth to TitchfieldCycling route▾
Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network
Havant Borough NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Havant Borough Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Shipwright's WayMountain bike route▾
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The colourful church hall adjoining St Nicholas, Hilsea
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
22,138 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
22,138 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
winterspring
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Blue Tit +46
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Red Fox · Brown Rat · House Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew +1
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- House MouseMus musculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- PolecatMustela putorius
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Varied Carpet Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Firebug +7
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
- Broad Centurion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,138 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
winterspring
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Blue Tit +46
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Red Fox · Brown Rat · House Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew +1
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- House MouseMus musculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- PolecatMustela putorius
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Varied Carpet Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Firebug +7
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
- Broad Centurion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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