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⛳Golf
Paid entryDogs welcome33 ha
Getting here
51.54075, -3.11619
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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
- ⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
Rhymney River CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef Rhymney River CircularLocal walking route
Forge WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkRegional walking route
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Link to The Celtic TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network
Rhymney TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef RTLocal cycle route
Cycleway 1 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CW1Local cycle route
Cycleway 2 (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CW2Local cycle route
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On the M4 heading west, almost at the junction for Cardiff Gate Services
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8,027 records · National Biodiversity Network
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- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
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- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii
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Wood Avens · Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Trailing Bellflower · Lords-and-Ladies +1
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- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2025
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springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
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- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii
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2026▾
Wood Avens · Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Trailing Bellflower · Lords-and-Ladies +1
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2025
- Lords-and-Ladies
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