Upton Country Park, Poole

A beautiful walk and picnic at Upton country park today. There are a couple of parking areas which are £2 voluntary donation. Toilets and cafe are near to the main car park. From here you can either follow the nature trail, playtrail or a longer walk through the park. We started from the walled garden and followed the path down to the beautiful Shoreline walk around Hole bay. Here you can enjoy watching many different birds. There is a farm with cows on the central fields which my granddaughter enjoyed seeing too. The path turns into a boardwalk and bears right along a stream stream to join a wider path at a gate. Turn right and pass a wild lake are (Grove lake), then you can decide to either turn left over a bridge to the meadow or continue through Grove woods. Taking the meadow path you will find a great picnic area and stepping stones across a stream back to the woods and the car park. It takes about an hour and a half to walk around the whole park.