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🛝 Family🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 11 ha
Getting here
51.44582, -2.62342
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Cafe Sandwi — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Cafe Sandwi — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026; Mudflats priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Red-legged Shieldbug, Harlequin Ladybird +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 13 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Frome Valley Walkway Walking route 29 km ▾
Named route Ref FVW Length 29 km Local walking route
Show on map Gordano Round Walking route 42 km ▾
Named route Length 42 km Local walking route
Show on map Leigh Woods Woodland Wander, Leigh Woods Walking route 1.6 km ▾
Pass the natural play area & walk through beautiful woodland with rare & veteran trees as well as grassland. Stokeleigh Camp hillfort is perched on the edge of the Avon Gorge, with dramatic views along the river. Some seasonally muddy / rocky sections.
Named route Length 1.6 km Duration 00:30-00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Severn Way (3) Worcester to Bristol Walking route 153 km ▾
Named route Ref SW (3) Length 153 km Regional walking route
Show on map 242 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 41 National Cycle Network
Show on map Concorde Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CW Local cycle route
Show on map Downs Quietway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Downs Quietway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Whitchurch Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map Whitchurch Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Super Nova Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Incline down
Show on map Nova Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Photos Elevated section of the A4 near River Avon
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Weather for this location Next 14 days Nearby places Useful places within 5 km
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Wildlife to spot
91,574 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 91,574 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Blackbird · Wren · Jay · Woodpigeon +38
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Redwing Turdus iliacus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Nuthatch Sitta europaea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Fallow Deer · Red Deer
Fallow Deer Dama dama Red Deer Cervus elaphus Wall Lizard
Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 12 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria · Harlequin Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Hawthorn Shieldbug +7
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Melanostoma scalare Anomalous Bristle-moss · Common Feather-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Wall Scalewort +9
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis Wall Scalewort Porella platyphylla Rock Pocket-moss Fissidens dubius Minute Pouncewort Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 91,574 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Blackbird · Wren · Jay · Woodpigeon +38
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Redwing Turdus iliacus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Nuthatch Sitta europaea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Fallow Deer · Red Deer
Fallow Deer Dama dama Red Deer Cervus elaphus Wall Lizard
Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 12 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria · Harlequin Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Hawthorn Shieldbug +7
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Melanostoma scalare Anomalous Bristle-moss · Common Feather-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Wall Screw-moss · Wall Scalewort +9
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis Wall Scalewort Porella platyphylla Rock Pocket-moss Fissidens dubius Minute Pouncewort Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Anthonomus pedicularius Anthonomus pedicularius2025
Anthonomus pedicularius Anthonomus pedicularius2025
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica2025
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025 Myriocoleopsis minutissima
Myriocoleopsis minutissima
Spiral Extinguisher-moss Encalypta streptocarpa
Spiral Extinguisher-moss Encalypta streptocarpa
Curly Crisp-moss Trichostomum crispulum
Curly Crisp-moss Trichostomum crispulum
Pointed Lattice-moss Dialytrichia mucronata
Pointed Lattice-moss Dialytrichia mucronata
Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia
Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia
Great Hairy Screw-moss Syntrichia ruralis
Great Hairy Screw-moss Syntrichia ruralis
Sand-hill Screw-moss Syntrichia ruraliformis
Sand-hill Screw-moss Syntrichia ruraliformis
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata2025
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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