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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.94894, -1.15309
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦22+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Grey Heron
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦22+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Grey Heron
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Grey Heron, Blackbird +19 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Grey Heron, Blackbird +19 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Trioza centranthi, Red-legged Shieldbug +26 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km24 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Big TrackWalking route▾
Named routeRef The Big TrackLocal walking route
Arboretum Route 1Walking route▾
Arboretum Route 2Walking route▾
Park StepsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Smew TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Lenton Roadpublic footpath · 157 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 157 mSurface asphaltPath type: tertiary
Lenton Roadpublic footpath · 146 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 146 mSurface asphaltPath type: tertiary
Lenton Roadpublic footpath · 510 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 510 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
131 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
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
Family Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
River LeenCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Mountain Bike RouteMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
24,406 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,406 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Canada Goose · Rock Dove +17
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Badger
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Trioza centranthi · Red-legged Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird +23
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Greater Duckweed · Jersey Cudweed · White Clover · Dark Mullein · Wild Carrot +59
- Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza
- Jersey CudweedLaphangium luteoalbum
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Dark MulleinVerbascum nigrum
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Red GoosefootOxybasis rubra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,406 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Canada Goose · Rock Dove +17
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Badger
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Trioza centranthi · Red-legged Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird +23
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Greater Duckweed · Jersey Cudweed · White Clover · Dark Mullein · Wild Carrot +59
- Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza
- Jersey CudweedLaphangium luteoalbum
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Dark MulleinVerbascum nigrum
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Red GoosefootOxybasis rubra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxSyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Cryptosiphum artemisiaeCryptosiphum artemisiae2025Cryptosiphum artemisiaeCryptosiphum artemisiae2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Psyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxini2025Psyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxini2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2025Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025AeolothripsAeolothrips2025AeolothripsAeolothrips2025Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptus2025Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptus2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025EupteryxEupteryx2025EupteryxEupteryx2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025CockspurEchinochloa crus-galliCockspurEchinochloa crus-galliOxford RagwortSenecio squalidusOxford RagwortSenecio squalidusMusk-mallowMalva moschataMusk-mallowMalva moschataHedge BedstrawGalium albumHedge BedstrawGalium albumField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisViper's-buglossEchium vulgareViper's-buglossEchium vulgareCorn MarigoldGlebionis segetumCorn MarigoldGlebionis segetumYellow Water-lilyNuphar luteaYellow Water-lilyNuphar luteaIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixField ScabiousKnautia arvensisField ScabiousKnautia arvensisGypsywortLycopus europaeusGypsywortLycopus europaeusArrowheadSagittaria sagittifoliaArrowheadSagittaria sagittifoliaSmall NettleUrtica urensSmall NettleUrtica urensOriental PlanePlatanus orientalisOriental PlanePlatanus orientalisWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumHoary MustardHirschfeldia incanaHoary MustardHirschfeldia incanaBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareFloating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoidesFloating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoidesCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumAmphibious BistortPersicaria amphibiaAmphibious BistortPersicaria amphibiaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumBlack HorehoundBallota nigraBlack HorehoundBallota nigraRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasWhite PoplarPopulus albaWhite PoplarPopulus albaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareMexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianusMexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianusWormwoodArtemisia absinthiumWormwoodArtemisia absinthiumTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaWeldReseda luteolaWeldReseda luteolaHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraCommon BentAgrostis capillarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisWhite WillowSalix albaWhite WillowSalix albaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaGreater BurdockArctium lappaGreater BurdockArctium lappa