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🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome24 ha
Getting here
50.85540, 0.56896
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ 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
- 🛝Playground 252m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ 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
- 🛝Playground 252m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Robin, Mallard +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Robin, Mallard +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, Field Grasshopper, 7-spot Ladybird +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Groundsel, Alexanders, Ivy +219 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 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
1066 Country Walk - Bexhill LinkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmRegional walking route
41 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
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
Main RouteCycling route44 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 44 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
18,129 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,129 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Moorhen · Herring Gull +26
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
Limonia nubeculosa · Trichocera annulata · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Culex pipiens · Trichocera saltator +4
- Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2025
- Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Culex pipiensCulex pipiens
- Trichocera saltatorTrichocera saltator2025
- Dicranomyia fuscaDicranomyia fusca
Creeping Buttercup · Pendulous Sedge · Ivy · Dandelion · Alexanders +68
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
- IvyHedera helix2025
- DandelionTaraxacum2025
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,129 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Moorhen · Herring Gull +26
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
Limonia nubeculosa · Trichocera annulata · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Culex pipiens · Trichocera saltator +4
- Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2025
- Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Culex pipiensCulex pipiens
- Trichocera saltatorTrichocera saltator2025
- Dicranomyia fuscaDicranomyia fusca
Creeping Buttercup · Pendulous Sedge · Ivy · Dandelion · Alexanders +68
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
- IvyHedera helix2025
- DandelionTaraxacum2025
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Rhypholophus bifurcatusRhypholophus bifurcatus2025Rhypholophus bifurcatusRhypholophus bifurcatus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025TrichoceraTrichocera2025TrichoceraTrichocera20252025
2025
CleaversGalium 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 palustrisRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025YewTaxus baccata2025YewTaxus baccata2025Wych ElmUlmus glabra2025Wych ElmUlmus glabra2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2025Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Common 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 nigrum2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Scots 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 saxatilis2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Common 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 dissectum2025Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2025Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2025Field WoundwortStachys arvensis2025Field WoundwortStachys arvensis2025SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025Nettle-Leaved GoosefootChenopodiastrum murale2025Nettle-Leaved GoosefootChenopodiastrum murale2025