Aspatria War Memorial Recreation Ground
5 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
54.76696, -3.32992
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and House Sparrow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Disc Zone 352m away — 5 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and House Sparrow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Disc Zone 352m away — 5 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, House Sparrow, Blue Tit +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, House Sparrow, Blue Tit +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Scathophaga stercoraria, Syritta pipiens +30 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Groundsel, Wood Sage +17 more · last seen 2019
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Houses on North Road, Aspatria
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Wildlife to spot
1,911 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,911 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · House Sparrow · Swallow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +4
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
🐝Insects2 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Snowdrop · Cow Parsley · Broad-leaved Willowherb · Centaurea nigra · Holly +142
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
- Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2023
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2023
- HollyIlex aquifolium2023
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,911 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · House Sparrow · Swallow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +4
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
🐝Insects2 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Snowdrop · Cow Parsley · Broad-leaved Willowherb · Centaurea nigra · Holly +142
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
- Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2023
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2023
- HollyIlex aquifolium2023
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2023Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023IvyHedera helix2023IvyHedera helix2023FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023Common OracheAtriplex patula2023Common OracheAtriplex patula2023Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2023Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023HazelCorylus avellana2023HazelCorylus avellana2023Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2023Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2023Common BentAgrostis capillaris2023Common BentAgrostis capillaris2023YarrowAchillea millefolium2023YarrowAchillea millefolium2023DandelionTaraxacum2023DandelionTaraxacum2023Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2023Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2023Common CouchElymus repens2023Common CouchElymus repens2023NipplewortLapsana communis2023NipplewortLapsana communis2023Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023CrosswortCruciata laevipes2023CrosswortCruciata laevipes2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Common ChickweedStellaria media2023Common ChickweedStellaria media2023Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023RedshankPersicaria maculosa2023RedshankPersicaria maculosa2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023Wych ElmUlmus glabra2023Wych ElmUlmus glabra2023Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023OakQuercus2023OakQuercus2023Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2023Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2023Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2023Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2023Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2023Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2023Silver Hair-grassAira caryophyllea2023Silver Hair-grassAira caryophyllea2023CleaversGalium aparine2023CleaversGalium aparine2023Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2023Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2023PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2023ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2023White Dead-nettleLamium album2023White Dead-nettleLamium album2023Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2023Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2023Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2023Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023Curled DockRumex crispus2023Curled DockRumex crispus2023Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2023Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2023Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2023Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis2023Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis2023GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023DaisyBellis perennis2023DaisyBellis perennis2023Bush VetchVicia sepium2023Bush VetchVicia sepium2023Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2023Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2023Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana2023Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana2023Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2023Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2023Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2023Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2023Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2023Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2023YewTaxus baccata2023YewTaxus baccata2023Scentless Mayweed agg.Tripleurospermum maritimum2023Scentless Mayweed agg.Tripleurospermum maritimum2023GorseUlex europaeus2023GorseUlex europaeus2023Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2023Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2023Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2023Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2023Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2023Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2023BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023SilverweedPotentilla anserina2023SilverweedPotentilla anserina2023BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023Silver BirchBetula pendula2023Silver BirchBetula pendula2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2023Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023HawkweedHieracium2023HawkweedHieracium2023Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2023LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2023Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2023Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2023Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2023Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2023Greater PlantainPlantago major2023Greater PlantainPlantago major2023Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2023Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2023SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2023SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2023Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2023Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Fat-henChenopodium album2023Fat-henChenopodium album2023RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2023RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2023Pale ToadflaxLinaria repens2023Pale ToadflaxLinaria repens2023Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2023Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2023Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2023Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2023Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2023Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2023ColtsfootTussilago farfara2023ColtsfootTussilago farfara2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2023Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2023Tufted VetchVicia cracca2023Tufted VetchVicia cracca2023Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2023Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2023PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2023PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Rosa caninaRosa canina2023Rosa caninaRosa canina2023Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2023Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2023Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2023Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2023Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris2023Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris2023BeechFagus sylvatica2023BeechFagus sylvatica2023Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2023Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2023Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2023Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2023Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023Common SorrelRumex acetosa2023Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023Rosa mollisRosa mollis2023Rosa mollisRosa mollis2023Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023Bitter-CressCardamine2023Bitter-CressCardamine2023False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2023Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2023Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2023Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2023Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata2023Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2023Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2023Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2023Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2023AlderAlnus glutinosa2023AlderAlnus glutinosa2023Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2023Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2023Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2023ElderSambucus nigra2023ElderSambucus nigra2023ButterburPetasites hybridus2023ButterburPetasites hybridus2023Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023