Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.73590, -1.64006
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Little Ringed Plover
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 167m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Little Ringed Plover
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 167m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Best for
10 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Little Ringed Plover, Hobby +70 more · last seen 2025
Birds — Peregrine, Little Ringed Plover, Hobby +70 more · last seen 2025
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, Red Admiral, Large White +28 more · last seen 2025
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km▾
Newport to Burton on Trent
Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route
Coton in the Elms Circular WalkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmLocal walking route
Spires and SteeplesWalking route▾
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Conkers CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route540 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 540 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route383 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 383 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route3.6 km▾
Named routeRef 54Length 3.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
21 photos from nearby open sources
St Mary's Church, Coton in the Elms
Photos
St Mary's Church, Coton in the Elms
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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Wildlife to spot
5,777 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,777 records · NBN AtlasCreeping Buttercup · Hogweed · Pedunculate Oak · Common Nettle · Cow Parsley
+108 more speciesHide species list
All 113 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,777 records · NBN AtlasCreeping Buttercup · Hogweed · Pedunculate Oak · Common Nettle · Cow Parsley
+108 more speciesHide species list
All 113 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas