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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.94558, -4.57944
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Park Pit Stop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Park Pit Stop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Mallard +76 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Mallard +76 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 7
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Clyde Coastal PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Castle Circular PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Overtoun House Circular PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Crags Circular PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Shore Circular PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dumbarton Central to Council Offices Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Dumbarton Castle Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Dumbarton East to Council OfficesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
18,350 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,350 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Magpie · Mallard · Little Grebe · Carrion Crow +39
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- TealAnas crecca
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RedshankTringa totanus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common GullLarus canus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis · 2-spot Ladybird · Epicaecilius pilipennis · Empoasca vitis · Trichopsocus brincki +5
- Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Epicaecilius pilipennisEpicaecilius pilipennis
- Empoasca vitisEmpoasca vitis
- Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Sylvicola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,350 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Magpie · Mallard · Little Grebe · Carrion Crow +39
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- TealAnas crecca
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RedshankTringa totanus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common GullLarus canus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis · 2-spot Ladybird · Epicaecilius pilipennis · Empoasca vitis · Trichopsocus brincki +5
- Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Epicaecilius pilipennisEpicaecilius pilipennis
- Empoasca vitisEmpoasca vitis
- Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Sylvicola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sylvicola
Sylvicola
Ectopsocus axillarisEctopsocus axillarisEctopsocus axillarisEctopsocus axillarisEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersiHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Events & activities nearby
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