Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
50.78086, -0.69473
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ 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
- ☕West Park Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ 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
- ☕West Park 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Robin, Swift +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Robin, Swift +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sea-kale, Lesser Celandine, Alexanders +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: East Head to ShorehamWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bognor Regis to ChichesterCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A259 cycle route (Chichester - Worthing)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bersted to Shripney Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Route 288Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 288National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
South Coast Cycle RouteCycling route▾
considered a poor cycle route by some cyclists, and a stand in for completion of NCN 2 to Littlehampton and beyond to Chichester
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
18,285 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,285 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Herring Gull · Great Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +33
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Southern Green Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Common Darter · 14-spot Ladybird
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
🌿Plants10 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Alexanders · Green Alkanet · Shepherd's-purse · Lesser Celandine · Daisy +5
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,285 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Herring Gull · Great Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +33
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Southern Green Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Common Darter · 14-spot Ladybird
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
🌿Plants10 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Alexanders · Green Alkanet · Shepherd's-purse · Lesser Celandine · Daisy +5
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
