THE BOROUGH OF OADBY AND WIGSTON (BROCKS HILL COUNTRY PARK)
26 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome26 ha
Getting here
52.58975, -1.08560
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
9 activities🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Nature reserve — public outdoor space
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
West End WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef West End WayLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Photos
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Brocks Hill Country Park, Oadby, Leics
Photos
Brocks Hill Country Park, Oadby, Leics
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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Wildlife to spot
53,627 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
53,627 records · NBN AtlasWoodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow
+28 more speciesHide species list
All 33 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Common GullLarus canus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
🦌Mammals1 species
winterautumn
2026Grey Squirrel
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Common Bluebottle · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Wasp
+32 more speciesHide species list
All 37 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
Crepidotus · Yellow Brain · King Alfred's Cakes · Wood Blewits · Crimped Gill
+8 more speciesHide species list
All 13 fungi recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- CrepidotusCrepidotus
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- Wood BlewitsLepista nuda
- Crimped GillPlicatura crispa
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
53,627 records · NBN AtlasWoodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow
+28 more speciesHide species list
All 33 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Common GullLarus canus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
🦌Mammals1 species
winterautumn
2026Grey Squirrel
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Common Bluebottle · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Wasp
+32 more speciesHide species list
All 37 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
Crepidotus · Yellow Brain · King Alfred's Cakes · Wood Blewits · Crimped Gill
+8 more speciesHide species list
All 13 fungi recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- CrepidotusCrepidotus
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- Wood BlewitsLepista nuda
- Crimped GillPlicatura crispa
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Razor Strop Fungus
Razor Strop Fungus
Fomitopsis betulina
Fomitopsis betulina
Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaBlushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosaShaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosaShaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosaSilver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureumSilver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureumJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeWoolly WoodwartLasiosphaeria ovinaWoolly WoodwartLasiosphaeria ovinaBotryobasidium aureumBotryobasidium aureumBotryobasidium aureumBotryobasidium aureum