Bush Fair Park & Paddling Pool
54 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome54 ha
Getting here
51.76339, 0.11104
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 175m away — 3 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 175m away — 3 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, House Sparrow +66 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, House Sparrow +66 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Migrant Hawker, 7-spot Ladybird +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Forests WayWalking route96 km▾
Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 02Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW02Local walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 03Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW03Local walking route
Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Toddbrook Pathpublic footpath · 273 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 273 mPath type: footway
40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route140 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 140 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route224 m▾
Named routeLength 224 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route418 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 418 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route660 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 660 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
6,584 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,584 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Jackdaw · Magpie +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Syrphus · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird · Migrant Hawker · White-tailed Bumblebee +14
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
- White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2024
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,584 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Jackdaw · Magpie +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Syrphus · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird · Migrant Hawker · White-tailed Bumblebee +14
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
- White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2024
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
