Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.40703, -1.52707
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦40+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Shoveler
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦40+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Shoveler
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Best for
9 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Shoveler, Blue Tit +37 more · last seen 2026
Birds — Robin, Shoveler, Blue Tit +37 more · last seen 2026
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Helophilus pendulus, Marmalade Hoverfly +63 more · last seen 2026
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km25 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
ACW Circular Walk 01Walking route▾
Named routeRef C01Listed length 11 kmLocal walking route
ACW Circular Walk 01A (short-cut for C01)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C01ALocal walking route
67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13Local cycle route
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Queens Road Public Car Park · 214m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
33,744 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,744 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds40 species
summerautumnwinter
2026Robin · Shoveler · Blue Tit · Wigeon · Blackbird
+35 more speciesHide species list
All 40 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PintailAnas acuta
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2026Common Frog
7-spot Ladybird · Helophilus pendulus · Marmalade Hoverfly · Volucella inanis · Hornet Hoverfly
+61 more speciesHide species list
All 66 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,744 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds40 species
summerautumnwinter
2026Robin · Shoveler · Blue Tit · Wigeon · Blackbird
+35 more speciesHide species list
All 40 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PintailAnas acuta
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2026Common Frog
7-spot Ladybird · Helophilus pendulus · Marmalade Hoverfly · Volucella inanis · Hornet Hoverfly
+61 more speciesHide species list
All 66 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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