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🌱 Urban park

The Sands Garden

0 ha

Getting here

52.72926, -1.73129

Best for

5 activities

Playgrounds

Free93%

playground, toilets, café, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Hiking

Free65%

Named hiking route nearby: National Forest Way

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5

3 named nearby · 2 public paths

Named routePublic access
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Cycling

26

26 named nearby

Named route

Named routes and paths nearby

National Forest Way · Walking0
Route 54 · Cycling0
The Way for the Millennium · Walking65 km
Trent Valley Way · Walking304 km
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling

About this urban park

The Sands Garden is a urban park covering 0 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Sands Garden at  the National Arboretum

Sands Garden at the National Arboretum

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🌱 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

Café

Espresso Essential · 144m

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Parking

1 nearby · Paid · 133m

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Playground

89m away

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Toilets

189m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

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