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🧺Picnic🦅Birds🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
50.83353, -0.21213
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Herring Gull
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Espresso Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Herring Gull
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Espresso Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Herring Gull, House Sparrow +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Peregrine, Herring Gull, House Sparrow +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis tenax, Hornet Hoverfly +19 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Traveller's-joy, Daisy, Fennel +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 8 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
126 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
Preston Street contraflow laneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Church Road cycle contraflow/cut-throughsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 20 Pyecombe to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 20National Cycle Network
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
27,773 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,773 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Carrion Crow +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Badger
Slow-worm
🐝Insects7 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pterostichus niger · Dock Bug +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Buck's-horn Plantain · Wood Avens · White Dead-nettle · Red Dead-nettle · Alexanders +5
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,773 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Carrion Crow +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Badger
Slow-worm
🐝Insects7 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pterostichus niger · Dock Bug +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Buck's-horn Plantain · Wood Avens · White Dead-nettle · Red Dead-nettle · Alexanders +5
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Leistus spinibarbis
Leistus spinibarbis
Leistus spinibarbis
Leistus spinibarbis
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareTraveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025BayLaurus nobilis2025BayLaurus nobilis2025