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Victoria Park
12 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.48504, -3.21867
Open directionsv
Best for
9 activities🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +50 more · last seen 2026
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +50 more · last seen 2026
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Batman Hoverfly, Eristalis pertinax +75 more · last seen 2026
Dogs allowed with public access
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Taff TrailWalking route88 km▾
Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
Penrhys PilgrimageWalking route▾
160 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lôn Las Cymru (South)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8National Cycle Network
Ely TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef ETLocal cycle route
Cardiff Bay TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Route 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network
City Centre Hub (complete)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CCLocal cycle route
Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
About this urban park
Victoria Park is a urban park covering 12 hectares.
Photos
21 photos from nearby open sources
The Bandstand, Victoria Park, Cardiff
Photos
The Bandstand, Victoria Park, Cardiff
Visiting this spring
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦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
☕Café
Boomerang Lounge · 222m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
29,738 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,738 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds53 species
winterspringautumn
2026Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard
+48 more speciesHide species list
All 53 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Bat · Red Fox
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025Wall Lizard · Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspringsummer
2026Common Toad · Frog · Common Frog
🐝Insects78 species
springsummer
2026Syrphus · Batman Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Cheilosia illustrata
+73 more speciesHide species list
All 78 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025
Japanese Knotweed · Purple-flowered Raspberry · Himalayan Balsam · Raspberry · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,738 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds53 species
winterspringautumn
2026Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard
+48 more speciesHide species list
All 53 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Bat · Red Fox
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025Wall Lizard · Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspringsummer
2026Common Toad · Frog · Common Frog
🐝Insects78 species
springsummer
2026Syrphus · Batman Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Cheilosia illustrata
+73 more speciesHide species list
All 78 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025
Japanese Knotweed · Purple-flowered Raspberry · Himalayan Balsam · Raspberry · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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