Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.83544, -0.23803
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Flour Pot Bakery — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Flour Pot 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, House Sparrow, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, House Sparrow, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
South Downs WayWalking route160 km▾
Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: East Head to ShorehamWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Downs LinkWalking route59 km▾
A 37 mile shared route for walkers, horse riders and cyclists linking the North Downs Way with the South Downs Way
Named routeLength 59 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Queen Elizabeth Country Park to JevingtonWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
Basin Road Southpublic footpath · 41 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 41 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
98 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Hove ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Three Cornered Copse bridlewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Brighton to WorthingCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
A259 two-way cycle track upgrade for National Cycle Route 2 reroutingCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Route 82Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 82Point-to-pointRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
35,994 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,994 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Magpie · House Sparrow · Jackdaw · Robin +31
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
Badger · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Wall Lizard · Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Culiseta annulata
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
🌿Plants8 species
springwinter
2026▾
Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Herb-Robert · Evergreen Spindle · Red Dead-nettle · Ivy +3
- Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Evergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicus
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- IvyHedera helix2025
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,994 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Magpie · House Sparrow · Jackdaw · Robin +31
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
Badger · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Wall Lizard · Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Culiseta annulata
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
🌿Plants8 species
springwinter
2026▾
Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Herb-Robert · Evergreen Spindle · Red Dead-nettle · Ivy +3
- Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Evergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicus
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- IvyHedera helix2025
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025