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Places › Wales › North Wales › Wrexham Getting here
53.05387, -3.07062
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 213m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 213m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Jackdaw +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Jackdaw +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small Heath +51 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small Heath +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Route 84 (Proposed)
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Llwybr Clawdd Wat Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Erddig Riverside Walk Walking route 2.4 km ▾
A short circular around the 1,200 acre estate. See natural & archaeological features, Erddig’s 18th-century Cup & Saucer water feature designed by William Emes, & follow the River Clywedog along the bottom of Wat’s Dyke & Court Wood into Felin Puleston.
Named route Length 2.4 km Duration 00:30-01:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Offa's Dyke Path Walking route 285 km ▾
Named route Ref ODP Length 285 km National walking route
Show on map Long Walk Route Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Black Grouse Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 84 (Proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 84 National Cycle Network
Show on map 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Route Mountain bike route ▾
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Black Route Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
5,721 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,721 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow +42
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Dunnock Prunella modularis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes House Sparrow Passer domesticus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Jay Garrulus glandarius Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Nuthatch Sitta europaea House Martin Delichon urbicum Swallow Hirundo rustica Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Swift Apus apus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Siskin Spinus spinus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Stock Dove Columba oenas Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Linnet Linaria cannabina Skylark Alauda arvensis Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 🦌 Mammals 1 species
winter summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🦎 Reptiles 3 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Adder · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
Adder Vipera berus Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2024 Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2024 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria 7-spot Ladybird · Figwort Sawfly · Cabbage Bug · Southern Hawker · Anoplotrupes stercorosus +3
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Figwort Sawfly Tenthredo scrophulariae Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024 Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2024 Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans Bracken · Heath Bedstraw · Heather · Bilberry · Welsh Groundsel +3
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile Heather Calluna vulgaris Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus Welsh Groundsel Senecio cambrensis Crowberry agg. Empetrum nigrum2024 Himalayan Balsam Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,721 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow +42
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Dunnock Prunella modularis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes House Sparrow Passer domesticus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Jay Garrulus glandarius Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Nuthatch Sitta europaea House Martin Delichon urbicum Swallow Hirundo rustica Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Swift Apus apus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Siskin Spinus spinus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Stock Dove Columba oenas Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Linnet Linaria cannabina Skylark Alauda arvensis Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 🦌 Mammals 1 species
winter summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🦎 Reptiles 3 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Adder · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
Adder Vipera berus Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2024 Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2024 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria 7-spot Ladybird · Figwort Sawfly · Cabbage Bug · Southern Hawker · Anoplotrupes stercorosus +3
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Figwort Sawfly Tenthredo scrophulariae Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024 Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2024 Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans Bracken · Heath Bedstraw · Heather · Bilberry · Welsh Groundsel +3
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile Heather Calluna vulgaris Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus Welsh Groundsel Senecio cambrensis Crowberry agg. Empetrum nigrum2024 Himalayan Balsam Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2024
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2024
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2024
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2024 Impatiens glandulifera2024
Impatiens glandulifera2024
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2024
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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