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Whyteleafe Community Sports Centre

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.30534, -0.08008

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Bike parkingParking· Paid

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +51 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +51 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playing fields

Playing field

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Elegant Bristle-moss, Bruch's Pincushion, Common Smoothcap +20 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Elegant Bristle-moss, Bruch's Pincushion, Common Smoothcap +20 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Large White +33 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Large White +33 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

16 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
LOOP link to Whyteleafe stationWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
Happy Valley & Farthing Downs Nature TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Downlands Circular WalkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Jacob's Ladderpublic footpath · 53 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 53 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Jacob's Ladderpublic footpath · 13 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 13 mSurface asphaltPath type: steps
Jacob's Ladderpublic footpath · 115 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 115 mSurface asphaltPath type: steps
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Cycling

94 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
LCN 23Cycling route
Named routeRef 23Local cycle route
LCN 23Cycling route
Named routeRef 23Local cycle route
LCN 23Cycling route
Named routeRef 23Local cycle route
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route

English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities

Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Route 232Cycling route
Named routeRef 232Local cycle route
National Cycle Route 21Cycling route
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Sports field, Whyteleafe

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Sports field, Whyteleafe

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Sanderstead Recreation GroundUrban park3 km→🌱Coulsdon Memorial GroundUrban park3.9 km→🌱Whyteleafe Recreation GroundUrban park800 m→🌱Coulsdon CommonUrban park2 km→🌱Westway CommonUrban park2.3 km→🌱RiddlesdownUrban park2.5 km→

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