Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.14771, -0.97949
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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 Blue Tit and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — 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 Blue Tit and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Marmalade Hoverfly, Oecetis ochracea +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
St Swithun's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hangers WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Yarnhams FarmWalking route▾
Named routeMaff conservation walks
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
AltonCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 224Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 224National Cycle Network
Chawton, Selborne LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route502 m▾
Named routeRef 224Length 502 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route48 m▾
Named routeRef 224Length 48 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route177 m▾
Named routeRef 224Length 177 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Alton Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Bordon Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Photos
Alton Public Gardens: January 2023
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
29,169 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,169 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Raven · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blue Tit +45
- RavenCorvus corax
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwiftApus apus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Muntjac · Roe Deer · Barbastelle
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Red-legged Shieldbug · Oecetis ochracea · Speckled Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket · Marmalade Hoverfly +5
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Oecetis ochraceaOecetis ochracea
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Asparagus BeetleCrioceris asparagi
- Roesel's Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,169 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Raven · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blue Tit +45
- RavenCorvus corax
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwiftApus apus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Muntjac · Roe Deer · Barbastelle
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Red-legged Shieldbug · Oecetis ochracea · Speckled Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket · Marmalade Hoverfly +5
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Oecetis ochraceaOecetis ochracea
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Asparagus BeetleCrioceris asparagi
- Roesel's Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Roeseliana roeselii
Roeseliana roeselii
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceusGreen Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceusSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoEvents & activities nearby
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