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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.74398, -1.47130
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 218m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 218m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Uncertain, Marbled Minor agg., Willow Beauty +263 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Prior Park Lanepublic footpath · 266 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 266 mSurface dirtPath type: unclassified
40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Conkers CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route659 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 659 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route121 m▾
Named routeLength 121 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Family Forest Trail (Yellow)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Family Forest TrailRound trip
Wood Farm TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Wood Farm Trail
Shell Brook TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Shell Brook TrailRound tripLocal cycle route
Hicks Lodge TrailMountain bike route▾
The Tramway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef The Tramway Trail
Photos
The Bath Grounds and the Ivanhoe Baths
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
34,139 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,139 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Woodpigeon +32
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Red Fox · Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Oak Beauty · Small Quaker · Hebrew Character · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Golden Dot +1
- Oak BeautyBiston strataria
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Golden DotStigmella aurella
- Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa
🍄Fungi7 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Cedar Cup · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Jelly Ear · Peziza · Amethyst Deceiver +2
- Cedar CupGeopora sumneriana
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- PezizaPeziza
- Amethyst DeceiverLaccaria amethystina2025
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Wall-rue · Shining Crane's-bill
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,139 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Woodpigeon +32
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Red Fox · Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Oak Beauty · Small Quaker · Hebrew Character · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Golden Dot +1
- Oak BeautyBiston strataria
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Golden DotStigmella aurella
- Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa
🍄Fungi7 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Cedar Cup · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Jelly Ear · Peziza · Amethyst Deceiver +2
- Cedar CupGeopora sumneriana
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- PezizaPeziza
- Amethyst DeceiverLaccaria amethystina2025
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Wall-rue · Shining Crane's-bill
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Saffron MilkcapLactarius deliciosus2025Saffron MilkcapLactarius deliciosus2025