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🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cafe Royale — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cafe Royale — 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🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Robin, Woodpigeon +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Robin, Woodpigeon +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, 7-spot Ladybird, Field Grasshopper +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
1066 Country Walk - Hastings LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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
39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route598 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 598 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route443 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 443 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
20,002 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,002 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Moorhen · Herring Gull · Rock Dove · Blue Tit +27
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Limonia nubeculosa · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Culex pipiens · Trichocera saltator · Trichocera annulata +10
- Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Culex pipiensCulex pipiens
- Trichocera saltatorTrichocera saltator2025
- Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata2025
- Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus
Dandelion · Alexanders · Trailing Bellflower · Spear Thistle · Ivy-leaved Toadflax +69
- DandelionTaraxacum2025
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025
- Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2025
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,002 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Moorhen · Herring Gull · Rock Dove · Blue Tit +27
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Limonia nubeculosa · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Culex pipiens · Trichocera saltator · Trichocera annulata +10
- Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Culex pipiensCulex pipiens
- Trichocera saltatorTrichocera saltator2025
- Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata2025
- Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus
Dandelion · Alexanders · Trailing Bellflower · Spear Thistle · Ivy-leaved Toadflax +69
- DandelionTaraxacum2025
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025
- Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2025
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025Aedes annulipesAedes annulipes2025Aedes annulipesAedes annulipes2025Ocydromia glabriculaOcydromia glabricula2025Ocydromia glabriculaOcydromia glabricula2025Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025Acericerus vittifronsAcericerus vittifrons2025Acericerus vittifronsAcericerus vittifrons2025Dicranomyia fuscaDicranomyia fusca2025Dicranomyia fuscaDicranomyia fusca2025Rhypholophus bifurcatusRhypholophus bifurcatus2025Rhypholophus bifurcatusRhypholophus bifurcatus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025TrichoceraTrichocera2025TrichoceraTrichocera20252025
2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumYellow Horned-poppyGlaucium flavumYellow Horned-poppyGlaucium flavumStinking IrisIris foetidissimaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisCommon IvyHedera helix subsp. helix2025Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix2025Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025YewTaxus baccata2025YewTaxus baccata2025Wych ElmUlmus glabra2025Wych ElmUlmus glabra2025Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2025Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Stone ParsleySison amomum2025Stone ParsleySison amomum2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025Bilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundus2025Bilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundus2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025BurdockArctium2025BurdockArctium2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2025Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2025Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis2025Lesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilis2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Japanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonica2025Japanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonica2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Field WoundwortStachys arvensis2025Field WoundwortStachys arvensis2025SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025Nettle-Leaved GoosefootChenopodiastrum murale2025Nettle-Leaved GoosefootChenopodiastrum murale2025