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🧺Picnic🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome30 ha
Getting here
52.72349, -1.38435
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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
8 activities🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Country park — good for group day out
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Country park — designed for family visits
Dogs allowed — country park
Country park — managed habitat
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
74 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route118 m▾
Named routeRef 52Length 118 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route113 m▾
Named routeRef 52Length 113 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 52Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route327 m▾
Named routeLength 327 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
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✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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Wildlife to spot
33,956 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,956 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2026Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit
+41 more speciesHide species list
All 46 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major2025
- Common GullLarus canus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
🦌Mammals6 species
winterautumn
2026Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Otter · Grey Squirrel · Mole
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- OtterLutra lutra
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
Silk-button Causer · Knopper Gall Causer · Common Carder Bee · Sarcophaga · Alder Leaf Beetle
+45 more speciesHide species list
All 50 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Silk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic
- Knopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamic
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- SarcophagaSarcophaga
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- SwallowtailPapilio machaon
Blushing Bracket · Coesyn Melfed · Candlesnuff Fungus · Scarletina Bolete
🌿Plants26 species
springsummer
2026White Dead-nettle · Coltsfoot · Ivy · Daisy · Gorse
+21 more speciesHide species list
All 26 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
- IvyHedera helix
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,956 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2026Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit
+41 more speciesHide species list
All 46 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major2025
- Common GullLarus canus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
🦌Mammals6 species
winterautumn
2026Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Otter · Grey Squirrel · Mole
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- OtterLutra lutra
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
Silk-button Causer · Knopper Gall Causer · Common Carder Bee · Sarcophaga · Alder Leaf Beetle
+45 more speciesHide species list
All 50 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Silk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic
- Knopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamic
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- SarcophagaSarcophaga
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- SwallowtailPapilio machaon
Blushing Bracket · Coesyn Melfed · Candlesnuff Fungus · Scarletina Bolete
🌿Plants26 species
springsummer
2026White Dead-nettle · Coltsfoot · Ivy · Daisy · Gorse
+21 more speciesHide species list
All 26 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
- IvyHedera helix
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Badger
Badger
Meles meles2025
Meles meles2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusBeech Leaf MinerOrchestes fagiBeech Leaf MinerOrchestes fagiWhite-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimellaWhite-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimellaMaple DotStigmella acerisMaple DotStigmella acerisNut Leaf Blister MothPhyllonorycter coryliNut Leaf Blister MothPhyllonorycter coryliVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisApple Leaf SkeletonizerChoreutis parianaApple Leaf SkeletonizerChoreutis parianaToadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunulaToadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunulaGreen-veined WhitePieris napiGreen-veined WhitePieris napiPhytomyza aquilegiaePhytomyza aquilegiaePhytomyza aquilegiaePhytomyza aquilegiaeHolly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicisHolly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicisPhytomyza agromyzinaPhytomyza agromyzinaPhytomyza agromyzinaPhytomyza agromyzinaStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataPhaonia angelicaePhaonia angelicaePhaonia angelicaePhaonia angelicaeOyster Gall CauserNeuroterus anthracinus f. agamicOyster Gall CauserNeuroterus anthracinus f. agamicWillow Bent-wingPhyllocnistis salignaWillow Bent-wingPhyllocnistis salignaAnthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufusCommon Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamicCommon Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamicArtichoke Gall CauserAndricus foecundatrix f. agamicArtichoke Gall CauserAndricus foecundatrix f. agamicRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusCommon Grass-veneerAgriphila tristellaCommon Grass-veneerAgriphila tristellaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaBedeguar GallDiplolepis rosaeBedeguar GallDiplolepis rosaeHolly BlueCelastrina argiolusHolly BlueCelastrina argiolusCinnabarTyria jacobaeaeCinnabarTyria jacobaeaeYellow ShellCamptogramma bilineataYellow ShellCamptogramma bilineataWoundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimusWoundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimusBrown ArgusAricia agestisBrown ArgusAricia agestisPainted LadyVanessa carduiPainted LadyVanessa carduiEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorPsallus (Psallus) lepidusPsallus (Psallus) lepidusPsallus (Psallus) lepidusPsallus (Psallus) lepidusAxinotarsus marginalisAxinotarsus marginalisAxinotarsus marginalisAxinotarsus marginalisPsallus (Psallus) anaemicusPsallus (Psallus) anaemicusPsallus (Psallus) anaemicusPsallus (Psallus) anaemicusSallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculiSallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculiLittle Beech TortrixStrophedra weiranaLittle Beech TortrixStrophedra weiranaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaAphis (Aphis) gossypiiAphis (Aphis) gossypiiAphis (Aphis) gossypiiAphis (Aphis) gossypiiPsallus (Psallus) variansPsallus (Psallus) variansPsallus (Psallus) variansPsallus (Psallus) variansPsallus (Psallus) mollisPsallus (Psallus) mollisPsallus (Psallus) mollisPsallus (Psallus) mollisDasineura tiliaeDasineura tiliaeDasineura tiliaeDasineura tiliaeDasineura thomasianaDasineura thomasianaDasineura thomasianaDasineura thomasianaTipula vittataTipula vittataTipula vittataTipula vittataGolden DotStigmella aurellaGolden DotStigmella aurella2025
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YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025WeldReseda luteola2025WeldReseda luteola2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2025Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris2025Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2025Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025