Watchet Memorial Ground
6 ha
Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.18120, -3.32493
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blackcap
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Marina Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blackcap
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Marina Cafe — 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 — Blackbird, Blackcap, Robin +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Blackcap, Robin +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Field Grasshopper, Dark Bush-cricket +21 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Quantock GreenwayWalking route62.5 km▾
Named routeLength 62.5 kmLocal walking route
Monk's Path to Home Farm Blue AnchorWalking route▾
Named routeRef MPBALocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Brean Down to MineheadWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Coleridge WayWalking route82 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 82 kmRegional walking route
Mill Lanepublic footpath · 102 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 102 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Woodland Roadpublic footpath · 229 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 229 mPath type: residential
Churchill Waypublic footpath · 145 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 145 mPath type: residential
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Steam Coast TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Watchet : Memorial Ground
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
14,786 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,786 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Mallard · Black-headed Gull +35
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket · Eristalis tenax · Southern Hawker · Trioza centranthi
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Danish Scurvygrass · Common Sedge · Common Soft-brome · Caper Spurge · Creeping Cinquefoil +18
- Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
- Common SedgeCarex nigra
- Common Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
- Smooth Sow-thistle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,786 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Mallard · Black-headed Gull +35
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket · Eristalis tenax · Southern Hawker · Trioza centranthi
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Danish Scurvygrass · Common Sedge · Common Soft-brome · Caper Spurge · Creeping Cinquefoil +18
- Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
- Common SedgeCarex nigra
- Common Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
- Smooth Sow-thistle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sonchus oleraceus
Sonchus oleraceus
Polygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum aviculareMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesOpium PoppyPapaver somniferumOpium PoppyPapaver somniferumSpotted MedickMedicago arabicaSpotted MedickMedicago arabicaLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumGrey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsaGrey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsaCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisQuaking-grassBriza mediaQuaking-grassBriza mediaGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumFairy FlaxLinum catharticumFairy FlaxLinum catharticumSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumEvents & activities nearby
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