Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
51.73866, 0.45451
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Migrant Hawker, Banded Demoiselle +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary CircleWalking route34 km▾
Named routeLength 34 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Pleasure Gardens WalkWalking route▾
Repton's WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hylands Estate Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hylands Lower Estate WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tinder Trackpublic footpath · 150 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 150 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
70 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Great Waltham to City Centre Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route801 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 801 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route420 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 420 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
17,202 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,202 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Mallard · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon +26
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Common Pipistrelle · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Cheilosia grossa · Pea-leaf Weevil · Green Shieldbug +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Small Black AntLasius niger
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,202 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Mallard · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon +26
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Common Pipistrelle · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Cheilosia grossa · Pea-leaf Weevil · Green Shieldbug +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Small Black AntLasius niger
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas