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Laighhills Public Park

✦ Ancient woodland31 ha

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome31 ha

Getting here

56.19411, -3.97031

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 142m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 142m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Best for

12 activities

Picnic day out

Very strong match

Free

picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +53 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers

Ancient woodland

Very strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Wildlife

Very strong match

Free

Mammals — Red Squirrel, Roe Deer, Hedgehog +15 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland

Bluebell walks

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Snowdrop · last seen 2026

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lower loopWalking route2.4 km▾

Visit the ruins at Fossachie and the site of Logie homestead on informal paths.

Named routeLength 2.4 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route

Dumyat summitWalking route5 km▾

Mix of path surfaces with some rocky and muddy sections. Look out for a beacon commissioned for the Queen's Jubilee in 1977.

Named routeLength 5 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route

Whitehill WalkWalking route700 m▾

A short stroll through the sycamore woods around White Hill.| Smooth gravel surface with one short uneven section. Includes some short steep slopes.

Named routeLength 700 mDuration 00:15Round tripLocal walking route

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Cycling

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44 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 765Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 765National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route285 m▾

Named routeRef 765Length 285 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route62 m▾

Named routeRef 765Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route32 m▾

Named routeRef 765Length 32 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route381 m▾

Named routeRef 765Length 381 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Alternative RouteCycling route78 m▾

Named routeRef 765Length 78 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

38,999 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

38,999 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds56 species

autumn

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw

+51 more species

All 56 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Great TitParus major2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

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Mammals18 species

autumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel

+13 more species

All 18 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Red Fox

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Insects6 species

winter

2026

Graphopsocus cruciatus · Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis · Bronze Shieldbug · Limonia nubeculosa · Ectopsocus petersi

+1 more species

All 6 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa
Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

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Plants1 species

winter

2026

Snowdrop

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

38,999 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds56 species

autumn

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw

+51 more species

All 56 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Great TitParus major2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025

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Mammals18 species

autumn

2026

Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel

+13 more species

All 18 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Red Fox

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Insects6 species

winter

2026

Graphopsocus cruciatus · Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis · Bronze Shieldbug · Limonia nubeculosa · Ectopsocus petersi

+1 more species

All 6 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa
Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata

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Plants1 species

winter

2026

Snowdrop

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

21 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Events & activities nearby

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Bookable tours

Facilities

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Parking

3 nearby · 393m

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Picnic spot

2 · 145m away

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Playground

142m away

✦ Ancient✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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