Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.91377, 0.48880
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Goldfinch
- 🧺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
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Goldfinch
- 🧺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🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Goldfinch, Blue Tit +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Goldfinch, Blue Tit +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Harlequin Ladybird, Southern Hawker +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Combe Valley GreenwayWalking route4.5 km▾
The Greenway runs alongside the Combe Valley Way, providing access for walkers and cyclists between Bexhill and Hastings.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
1066 Country Walk - Bexhill LinkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
ESCC Cycle Route 209Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
ESCC Cycle Route 201Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
ESCC Cycle Route 207Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
ESCC Cycle Route 202Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Battle Schools Greenway (ESCC Cycle Route 100)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Battle North (ESCC Cycle Route 110)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
96,644 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
96,644 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin +22
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Creeping Buttercup · Common Nettle · Hogweed · Ash · Hawthorn +86
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
96,644 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin +22
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Creeping Buttercup · Common Nettle · Hogweed · Ash · Hawthorn +86
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas