Brigstock Pocket Park
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🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.45431, -0.60188
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Skylark Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Skylark Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +63 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +63 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Ringlet +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Lyveden WayWalking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Photos
Steps up to the footbridge over the Brigstock bypass
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,674 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,674 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Chiffchaff +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Broad-bodied Chaser · Brown Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Migrant Hawker · Common Red Soldier Beetle +8
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Four-spotted Chaser
Tufted Hair-grass · Hawthorn · Wood-sedge · Field Maple · Hazel +91
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,674 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Chiffchaff +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Broad-bodied Chaser · Brown Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Migrant Hawker · Common Red Soldier Beetle +8
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Four-spotted Chaser
Tufted Hair-grass · Hawthorn · Wood-sedge · Field Maple · Hazel +91
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Libellula quadrimaculata
Libellula quadrimaculata
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusDryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-masDogwoodCornus sanguineaDogwoodCornus sanguineaFalse Fox-sedgeCarex otrubaeFalse Fox-sedgeCarex otrubaeFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaVioletViolaVioletViolaScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumCreeping-JennyLysimachia nummulariaCreeping-JennyLysimachia nummulariaCalamagrostisCalamagrostisCalamagrostisCalamagrostisEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaCommon SallowSalix cinereaCommon SallowSalix cinereaBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusCorn MintMentha arvensisCorn MintMentha arvensisTall MelilotMelilotus altissimusTall MelilotMelilotus altissimusHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaDipsacus fullonumDipsacus fullonumDipsacus fullonumDipsacus fullonumCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisHedge BedstrawGalium albumHedge BedstrawGalium albumCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusGiant FescueSchedonorus giganteusGiant FescueSchedonorus giganteusCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisHoary RagwortJacobaea erucifoliaHoary RagwortJacobaea erucifoliaCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraTimothyPhleum pratenseTimothyPhleum pratenseAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusHard RushJuncus inflexusHard RushJuncus inflexusRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataScots PinePinus sylvestrisScots PinePinus sylvestrisRed BartsiaOdontites vernusRed BartsiaOdontites vernusCommon FigwortScrophularia nodosaCommon FigwortScrophularia nodosaPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensGreater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella majorGreater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella majorRemote SedgeCarex remotaRemote SedgeCarex remotaDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleDewberryRubus caesiusDewberryRubus caesiusHard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatumHard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatumSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaAspenPopulus tremulaAspenPopulus tremulaPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumScorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifoliaScorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifoliaCommon CentauryCentaurium erythraeaCommon CentauryCentaurium erythraeaHeath SpeedwellVeronica officinalisHeath SpeedwellVeronica officinalisHairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutumHairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutumEvents & activities nearby
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