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🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome35 ha
Getting here
51.89305, -2.11666
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 178m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 178m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Magpie +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Magpie +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Eristalis pertinax +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 29 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Holst Birthplace Museum to Corndean Lane)Walking route7 km▾
Named routeLength 7 kmRegional walking route
Cheltenham Circular FootpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Glevum WayWalking route42 km▾
A circular path around Gloucester passing through a varied landscape of river plain and limestone hillsides
Named routeLength 42 kmRegional walking route
Draycot Roadpublic footpath · 27 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 27 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Draycot Roadpublic footpath · 81 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 81 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Willersey Roadpublic footpath · 68 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 68 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Bishops Cleeve Bypass Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route437 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 437 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route232 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 232 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route114 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 114 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
26,374 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,374 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Magpie · Robin · Jay · Woodpigeon +34
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
🦌Mammals1 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Green Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Blue-tailed Damselfly · 14-spot Ladybird · Natarsia nugax +9
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Natarsia nugaxNatarsia nugax2025
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,374 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Magpie · Robin · Jay · Woodpigeon +34
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
🦌Mammals1 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Green Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Blue-tailed Damselfly · 14-spot Ladybird · Natarsia nugax +9
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Natarsia nugaxNatarsia nugax2025
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025