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Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

52.91778, -1.21587

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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 156m 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 156m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· PaidPlayground

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7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Allotments

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 6

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

16 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

The Big TrackWalking route

Named routeRef The Big TrackLocal walking route

Arboretum Route 1Walking route

Named route

Arboretum Route 2Walking route

Named route

Park StepsWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Skylark RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

George The Cat Alleypublic footpath · 114 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 114 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway

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Cycling

110 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NTU City Campus to New Basford Avoiding Tram LinesCycling route

Named routeRef NTU - New BasfordLocal cycle route

Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Lenton Lane Cycle GatewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cliton to City CentreCycling route

Named routeRef N1Regional cycle route

Lenton Abbey <> City CentreCycling route

Named routeRef N3Regional cycle route

Clifton <> City CentreCycling route

Named routeRef N1Regional cycle route

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Horse riding

5 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

87,602 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

87,602 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird +46

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GadwallMareca strepera
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
TealAnas crecca2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025

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Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

87,602 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird +46

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GadwallMareca strepera
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
TealAnas crecca2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Lally · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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