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Riverside Park
28 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome28 ha
Getting here
51.48132, -3.22476
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Best for
11 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Magpie +48 more · last seen 2026
Birds — House Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Magpie +48 more · last seen 2026
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Red-tailed Bumblebee +208 more · last seen 2026
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Creeping Thistle, Red Bartsia, Common Spotted-orchid +63 more · last seen 2025
Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
Penrhys PilgrimageWalking route▾
Taff TrailWalking route88 km▾
Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
156 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Enfys 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 34Local cycle route
About this urban park
Riverside Park is a urban park covering 28 hectares.
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Riverside Park (Manhattan)
Photos
Riverside Park (Manhattan)
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
✓ 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
130,871 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
130,871 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds51 species
summerautumnwinter
2026House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Robin
+46 more speciesHide species list
All 51 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- StarlingsSturnidae2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Common Shrew · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle · Red Fox
🐸Amphibians4 species
summer
2026Common Toad · Common Frog · Frog · Palmate Newt
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Green Shieldbug
+206 more speciesHide species list
All 211 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
King Alfred's Cakes · Erysiphe platani
Creeping Thistle · Red Bartsia · Common Spotted-orchid · Ivy Broomrape · Beech
+61 more speciesHide species list
All 66 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- Ivy BroomrapeOrobanche hederae
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
130,871 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds51 species
summerautumnwinter
2026House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Robin
+46 more speciesHide species list
All 51 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- StarlingsSturnidae2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Common Shrew · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle · Red Fox
🐸Amphibians4 species
summer
2026Common Toad · Common Frog · Frog · Palmate Newt
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Green Shieldbug
+206 more speciesHide species list
All 211 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
King Alfred's Cakes · Erysiphe platani
Creeping Thistle · Red Bartsia · Common Spotted-orchid · Ivy Broomrape · Beech
+61 more speciesHide species list
All 66 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- Ivy BroomrapeOrobanche hederae
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Purple-loosestrife
Purple-loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
Lythrum salicaria
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaSneezewortAchillea ptarmicaSneezewortAchillea ptarmicaTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaMoth MulleinVerbascum blattariaMoth MulleinVerbascum blattariaWild MarjoramOriganum vulgareWild MarjoramOriganum vulgareCommon ToadflaxLinaria vulgarisCommon ToadflaxLinaria vulgarisMusk-mallowMalva moschataMusk-mallowMalva moschataCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumCrocosmiaCrocosmiaCrocosmiaCrocosmiaPrivetLigustrumPrivetLigustrumGrape-vineVitis viniferaGrape-vineVitis viniferaBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisCanadian FleabaneErigeron canadensisCanadian FleabaneErigeron canadensisTansyTanacetum vulgareTansyTanacetum vulgareCrown VetchSecurigera variaCrown VetchSecurigera variaSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusBulrushTypha latifoliaBulrushTypha latifoliaSolieriaSolieriaSolieriaSolieriaWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaMarsh WoundwortStachys palustrisMarsh WoundwortStachys palustrisBroad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborineBroad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborineGallant SoldierGalinsoga parvifloraGallant SoldierGalinsoga parvifloraTimothyPhleum pratenseTimothyPhleum pratenseBetonyBetonica officinalisBetonyBetonica officinalisRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaNorway MapleAcer platanoidesNorway MapleAcer platanoidesWall BarleyHordeum murinumWall BarleyHordeum murinumShaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiataShaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiataWild ParsnipPastinaca sativaWild ParsnipPastinaca sativaCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaMeadow ClarySalvia pratensisMeadow ClarySalvia pratensisCommon CentauryCentaurium erythraeaCommon CentauryCentaurium erythraeaSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisFlowering-rushButomus umbellatusFlowering-rushButomus umbellatusPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaGypsywortLycopus europaeusGypsywortLycopus europaeusBiting StonecropSedum acreBiting StonecropSedum acreBalmMelissa officinalisBalmMelissa officinalisSea-hollyEryngium maritimumSea-hollyEryngium maritimumUnbranched Bur-reedSparganium emersumUnbranched Bur-reedSparganium emersumJersey CudweedLaphangium luteoalbumJersey CudweedLaphangium luteoalbumHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataFennelFoeniculum vulgareFennelFoeniculum vulgareVervainVerbena officinalisVervainVerbena officinalisCommon RestharrowOnonis repensCommon RestharrowOnonis repensRaspberryRubus idaeusRaspberryRubus idaeusWild MadderRubia peregrinaWild MadderRubia peregrinaMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisCentauryCentauriumCentauryCentauriumTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisHerb-ParisParis quadrifoliaHerb-ParisParis quadrifoliaEvents & activities nearby
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