Brynhafod Playing Field
4 ha
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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.85795, -3.06208
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rook and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rook and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rook, Mallard, Canada Goose +83 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Rook, Mallard, Canada Goose +83 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +101 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wild Carrot, Beaked Hawk's-beard, Canadian Fleabane +93 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Llwybr Clawdd WatWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 13Walking route22.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW13Length 22.1 kmLocal walking route
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km▾
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 455Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 455National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route277 m▾
Named routeRef 455Length 277 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route871 m▾
Named routeRef 455Length 871 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 455Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route435 m▾
Named routeRef 455Length 435 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 455Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
26,686 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,686 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDipper · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon +37
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- Regulus regulus regulusRegulus regulus regulus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects52 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Lesser Stag Beetle · Turnip Tigress · 7-spot Ladybird · Pterostichus strenuus · Catops fuliginosus +47
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Pterostichus strenuusPterostichus strenuus
- Catops fuliginosusCatops fuliginosus
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
Canadian Fleabane · Wild Carrot · Redshank · Cockspur · Des Etangs' St John's-wort +59
- Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa
- CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli
- Des Etangs' St John's-wortHypericum maculatum x perforatum = H. x desetangsii
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
- Nipplewort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,686 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDipper · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon +37
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- Regulus regulus regulusRegulus regulus regulus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects52 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Lesser Stag Beetle · Turnip Tigress · 7-spot Ladybird · Pterostichus strenuus · Catops fuliginosus +47
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Pterostichus strenuusPterostichus strenuus
- Catops fuliginosusCatops fuliginosus
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
Canadian Fleabane · Wild Carrot · Redshank · Cockspur · Des Etangs' St John's-wort +59
- Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa
- CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli
- Des Etangs' St John's-wortHypericum maculatum x perforatum = H. x desetangsii
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
- Nipplewort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Bridgman’s Bean-gallerEuura bridgmanii2025Bridgman’s Bean-gallerEuura bridgmanii2025Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025Sciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatusAmara familiarisAmara familiarisAmara familiarisAmara familiarisStomis pumicatusStomis pumicatusStomis pumicatusStomis pumicatusScymnus haemorrhoidalisScymnus haemorrhoidalisScymnus haemorrhoidalisScymnus haemorrhoidalisLeistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbisCorticarina minutaCorticarina minutaCorticarina minutaCorticarina minutaBradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasciCholeva fagnieziCholeva fagnieziCholeva fagnieziCholeva fagnieziAnchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalisBradycellus sharpiBradycellus sharpiBradycellus sharpiBradycellus sharpiPtenidium laevigatumPtenidium laevigatumPtenidium laevigatumPtenidium laevigatumPhilorhizus melanocephalusPhilorhizus melanocephalusPhilorhizus melanocephalusPhilorhizus melanocephalus24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataCatops morioCatops morioCatops morioCatops morioBembidion guttulaBembidion guttulaBembidion guttulaBembidion guttulaAsaphidion stierliniAsaphidion stierlini2025Asaphidion stierliniAsaphidion stierlini2025Oxypselaphus obscurusOxypselaphus obscurus2025Oxypselaphus obscurusOxypselaphus obscurus2025Orthocis alniOrthocis alni2025Orthocis alniOrthocis alni2025Cortinicara gibbosaCortinicara gibbosa2025Cortinicara gibbosaCortinicara gibbosa202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2025Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2025Myzus (Nectarosiphon) ajugaeMyzus (Nectarosiphon) ajugae2025Myzus (Nectarosiphon) ajugaeMyzus (Nectarosiphon) ajugae2025Willow Disc-minerHeterarthrus microcephalus2025Willow Disc-minerHeterarthrus microcephalus2025Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025Bicolorous SawflyHemichroa australis2025Bicolorous SawflyHemichroa australis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2025Gorytes laticinctusGorytes laticinctus2025Gorytes laticinctusGorytes laticinctus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2025Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2025Small Birch Mining SawflyFenusa pumila2025Small Birch Mining SawflyFenusa pumila2025Common Spiny Digger WaspOxybelus uniglumis2025Common Spiny Digger WaspOxybelus uniglumis2025Tachysphex pompiliformisTachysphex pompiliformis2025Tachysphex pompiliformisTachysphex pompiliformis2025Lapsana communis
Lapsana communis
HollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaTurkey OakQuercus cerrisTurkey OakQuercus cerrisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisCharlockSinapis arvensisCharlockSinapis arvensisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseHeath GroundselSenecio sylvaticusHeath GroundselSenecio sylvaticusCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusWall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalisWall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalisTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaBlue FleabaneErigeron acrisBlue FleabaneErigeron acrisBeaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicariaBeaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicariaRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratensePendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaFool's ParsleyAethusa cynapiumFool's ParsleyAethusa cynapiumPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensWall BarleyHordeum murinumWall BarleyHordeum murinumLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumBlack NightshadeSolanum nigrumBlack NightshadeSolanum nigrumOpium PoppyPapaver somniferumOpium PoppyPapaver somniferumAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensGuernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensisGuernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensisYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusSnapdragonAntirrhinum majusSnapdragonAntirrhinum majusLesser Swine-cressLepidium didymumLesser Swine-cressLepidium didymumCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumViper's-buglossEchium vulgareViper's-buglossEchium vulgareBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisJapanese RoseRosa rugosaJapanese RoseRosa rugosaDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleGreater Quaking-grassBriza maximaGreater Quaking-grassBriza maximaGoat's-beardTragopogon pratensisGoat's-beardTragopogon pratensisWeldReseda luteolaWeldReseda luteolaPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumLong-headed PoppyPapaver dubiumLong-headed PoppyPapaver dubiumPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaThyme-leaved SandwortArenaria serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SandwortArenaria serpyllifoliaEarly Forget-me-notMyosotis ramosissimaEarly Forget-me-notMyosotis ramosissima