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51.08117, -1.79828
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Mallard +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Mallard +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Banded Demoiselle, Syrphus +49 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Banded Demoiselle, Syrphus +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Avens, Herb-Robert, Spotted Medick +94 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Wood Avens, Herb-Robert, Spotted Medick +94 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon Valley Path Walking route 55 km ▾
Named route Ref AVP Length 55 km Regional walking route
Show on map Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Clarendon Way Walking route ▾
Winchester to Salisbury
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Old Sarum Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Cranborne Droves Way Walking route ▾
The route of the Cranborne Droves Way walkers route between Win Green where it links with Wessex Ridgeway and Salisbury where it links with the Sarsen Way
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 85 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 45 National Cycle Network
Show on map Wiltshire Cycleway Cycling route 155 km ▾
Named route Ref WC Length 155 km Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 24 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 24 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Byway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map The Golden Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Wiltshire Cycleway New Forest Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 45 link Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Cranborne Droves Way Trail Mountain bike route ▾
NCN 45 link Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
43,470 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 43,470 records · National Biodiversity Network Kingfisher · Magpie · Mallard · Mute Swan · Great Spotted Woodpecker +13
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goosander Mergus merganser Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 8 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Sepsis · Marmalade Hoverfly +3
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Sepsis Sepsis Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Wood Avens · Herb-Robert · Spotted Medick · Shining Crane's-bill · Annual Mercury +36
Wood Avens Geum urbanum Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Spotted Medick Medicago arabica Shining Crane's-bill Geranium lucidum Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua Yew Taxus baccata Red Valerian Centranthus ruber Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 43,470 records · National Biodiversity Network Kingfisher · Magpie · Mallard · Mute Swan · Great Spotted Woodpecker +13
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goosander Mergus merganser Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 8 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Sepsis · Marmalade Hoverfly +3
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Sepsis Sepsis Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Wood Avens · Herb-Robert · Spotted Medick · Shining Crane's-bill · Annual Mercury +36
Wood Avens Geum urbanum Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Spotted Medick Medicago arabica Shining Crane's-bill Geranium lucidum Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua Yew Taxus baccata Red Valerian Centranthus ruber Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Large Willow Aphid
Large Willow Aphid
Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Henbit Dead-nettle Lamium amplexicaule
Henbit Dead-nettle Lamium amplexicaule
Traveller's-joy Clematis vitalba
Traveller's-joy Clematis vitalba
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris
Winter Heliotrope Petasites pyrenaicus
Winter Heliotrope Petasites pyrenaicus
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Primrose Primula vulgaris
Primrose Primula vulgaris
Honesty Lunaria annua
Honesty Lunaria annua
Hazel Corylus avellana
Hazel Corylus avellana
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus
Elder Sambucus nigra
Elder Sambucus nigra
Vervain Verbena officinalis
Vervain Verbena officinalis
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Round-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium rotundifolium
Round-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium rotundifolium
White Stonecrop Sedum album
White Stonecrop Sedum album
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Redshank Ceratodon purpureus
Redshank Ceratodon purpureus
Intermediate Screw-moss Syntrichia montana
Intermediate Screw-moss Syntrichia montana
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Hornschuch's Beard-moss Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum
Hornschuch's Beard-moss Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum
Streblotrichum convolutum Streblotrichum convolutum
Streblotrichum convolutum Streblotrichum convolutum
Supine Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum
Supine Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare