🌱 Urban park

Min y Don Park

4 ha

📷 colwynboy · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

53.29137, -3.69980

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9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Common Scoter, Cormorant, Herring Gull +77 more · last seen 2025

Playgrounds

Strong match

Free

playground, café, parking

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Common Scoter, Cormorant, Herring Gull +77 more · last seen 2025

Dog walks

Strong match

Free

Dogs allowed with public access

Hiking

Good match

Free

Named hiking route nearby: Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main route

Insect spotting

Good match

Free

Insects — Western Conifer Seed Bug, Slender-footed Robberfly, Mecinus pascuorum +7 more · last seen 2026

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

North Wales PathWalking route96 km▾

Named routeLength 96 kmRegional walking route

Woodland TrailWalking route▾

Named routeLocal walking route

Wales Coast Path (North Wales) main routeWalking route▾

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

Summit TrailWalking route▾

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

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27 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Route 5Cycling route▾

NCN 5 Welsh section

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route13 m▾

Named routeRef 5Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾

Named routeRef 5Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route836 m▾

Named routeRef 5Length 836 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route66 m▾

Named routeLength 66 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks

About this urban park

Min y Don Park is a urban park covering 4 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

7,909 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

7,909 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds80 species

winterspring

2025

Common Scoter · Cormorant · Herring Gull · Great Crested Grebe · Red-throated Diver

+75 more species

All 80 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Rock DoveColumba livia
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
ShagGulosus aristotelis
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
JackdawColoeus monedula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Common GullLarus canus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Great TitParus major
GannetMorus bassanus
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
RazorbillAlca torda
RedshankTringa totanus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CurlewNumenius arquata
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SwiftApus apus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
PuffinFratercula arctica
Apus apus apusApus apus apus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
SanderlingCalidris alba
LinnetLinaria cannabina

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Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Common Porpoise

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Insects10 species

wintersummer

2026

Western Conifer Seed Bug · Slender-footed Robberfly · Mecinus pascuorum · Trioza centranthi · 7-spot Ladybird

+5 more species

All 10 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Slender-footed RobberflyLeptarthrus brevirostris2025
Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,909 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds80 species

winterspring

2025

Common Scoter · Cormorant · Herring Gull · Great Crested Grebe · Red-throated Diver

+75 more species

All 80 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Rock DoveColumba livia
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
ShagGulosus aristotelis
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
JackdawColoeus monedula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Common GullLarus canus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Great TitParus major
GannetMorus bassanus
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
RazorbillAlca torda
RedshankTringa totanus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CurlewNumenius arquata
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SwiftApus apus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
PuffinFratercula arctica
Apus apus apusApus apus apus
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
carbo cormorantPhalacrocorax carbo carbo
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
SanderlingCalidris alba
LinnetLinaria cannabina

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Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Common Porpoise

🐝

Insects10 species

wintersummer

2026

Western Conifer Seed Bug · Slender-footed Robberfly · Mecinus pascuorum · Trioza centranthi · 7-spot Ladybird

+5 more species

All 10 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Slender-footed RobberflyLeptarthrus brevirostris2025
Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

6 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 colwynboy · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cwrt Bach, Min y Don Road Old Colwyn, Colwyn Bay. - geograph.org.uk - 1896743

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Photos

📷 colwynboy · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cwrt Bach, Min y Don Road Old Colwyn, Colwyn Bay. - geograph.org.uk - 1896743

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Bookable tours

Visiting this spring

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

🌱 Visiting this spring

🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

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Café

Randles · 225m

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Parking

Berthes Road Car Park · Free · 169m

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Playground

92m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Weather for this location

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Min y Don ParkUrban park0 m→🌱Tan-y-coed GardensUrban park100 m→🌱Colwyn Bay Cricket ClubUrban park3.6 km→🌱Eirias ParkUrban park1 km→🌱Wynn GardensUrban park500 m→🌱Wynn GardensUrban park500 m→