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Carr Bank Memorial Park

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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53.14910, -1.18876

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕The Teahouse — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕The Teahouse — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParkingPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, café; Urban park — family destination

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café, parking

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood +56 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bee Orchid, Creeping Feather-moss, Appleyard's Feather-moss +49 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bee Orchid, Creeping Feather-moss, Appleyard's Feather-moss +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route

Named route

Meden TrailWalking route

Named route

Skegby TrailWalking route

Named route

Robin Hood WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Maun Valley TrailWalking route

Named route

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Cycling

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 645Cycling route

Named routeRef 645National Cycle Network

Skegby TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Teversal TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route453 m

Named routeRef 645Length 453 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route16 m

Named routeRef 6Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose

Wildlife to spot

16,410 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,410 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds25 species

autumn

2025

Goldfinch · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Bullfinch · Greenfinch +20

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Great TitParus major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
BuzzardButeo buteo
RobinErithacus rubecula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House MartinDelichon urbicum
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐟

Fish3 species

autumn

2025

Chub · Roach · Perch

ChubSqualius cephalus
RoachRutilus rutilus
PerchPerca fluviatilis

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Syrphus

SyrphusSyrphus

🌿

Plants100 species

summer

2025

Water Bent · Bilbao Fleabane · Harebell · Sweet Alison · Annual Wall-rocket +95

Water BentPolypogon viridis
Bilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundus
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Sweet AlisonLobularia maritima
Annual Wall-rocketDiplotaxis muralis
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Pale Yellow-eyed-grassSisyrinchium striatum
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Field GarlicAllium oleraceum
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Bloody Crane's-billGeranium sanguineum
White CampionSilene latifolia
Mat-grassNardus stricta
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Mrs Wilson's BarberryBerberis wilsoniae
Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica
Red CampionSilene dioica
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Bell HeatherErica cinerea
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
GorseUlex europaeus
DaisyBellis perennis
Slender RushJuncus tenuis
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
Curled DockRumex crispus
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
BulrushTypha latifolia
CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
False-acaciaRobinia pseudoacacia
Greater PlantainPlantago major
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Long-headed PoppyPapaver dubium
Umbellate HawkweedHieracium umbellatum
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Cotoneaster horizontalisCotoneaster horizontalis
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis
IvyHedera helix
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
HollyIlex aquifolium
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BroomCytisus scoparius
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
CorncockleAgrostemma githago
AppleMalus domestica
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Common CudweedFilago germanica
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Garden SpeedwellVeronica longifolia
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
Wood DockRumex sanguineus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,410 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds25 species

autumn

2025

Goldfinch · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Bullfinch · Greenfinch +20

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Great TitParus major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
BuzzardButeo buteo
RobinErithacus rubecula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House MartinDelichon urbicum
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐟

Fish3 species

autumn

2025

Chub · Roach · Perch

ChubSqualius cephalus
RoachRutilus rutilus
PerchPerca fluviatilis

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Syrphus

SyrphusSyrphus

🌿

Plants100 species

summer

2025

Water Bent · Bilbao Fleabane · Harebell · Sweet Alison · Annual Wall-rocket +95

Water BentPolypogon viridis
Bilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundus
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Sweet AlisonLobularia maritima
Annual Wall-rocketDiplotaxis muralis
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Pale Yellow-eyed-grassSisyrinchium striatum
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Field GarlicAllium oleraceum
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Bloody Crane's-billGeranium sanguineum
White CampionSilene latifolia
Mat-grassNardus stricta
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Mrs Wilson's BarberryBerberis wilsoniae
Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica
Red CampionSilene dioica
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Bell HeatherErica cinerea
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
GorseUlex europaeus
DaisyBellis perennis
Slender RushJuncus tenuis
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
Curled DockRumex crispus
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
BulrushTypha latifolia
CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
False-acaciaRobinia pseudoacacia
Greater PlantainPlantago major
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Long-headed PoppyPapaver dubium
Umbellate HawkweedHieracium umbellatum
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Cotoneaster horizontalisCotoneaster horizontalis
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis
IvyHedera helix
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
HollyIlex aquifolium
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BroomCytisus scoparius
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
CorncockleAgrostemma githago
AppleMalus domestica
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Common CudweedFilago germanica
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Garden SpeedwellVeronica longifolia
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
Wood DockRumex sanguineus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Bob Harvey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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