Castle Hill Country Park
181 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome181 ha
Getting here
52.67517, -1.17130
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦34+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Magpie
- 🍄Mushroom foraging 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
- 🐦34+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Magpie
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackcap, Magpie, Robin +31 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackcap, Magpie, Robin +31 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Mystacides longicornis, Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +493 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Common Orange Lichen, Common Jelly Spot, Yellow Brain +8 more · last seen 2026
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Creeping Cinquefoil +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
152 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
West End WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef West End WayLocal cycle route
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Inner RingwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Inner RingwayLocal cycle route
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Photos
Astill Lodge entrance to the Castle Hill Country Park
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Wildlife to spot
35,930 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,930 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackcap · Magpie · Chiffchaff · House Sparrow · Wren +25
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Muntjac
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects76 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Ivy Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Oak Beauty +71
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Oak BeautyBiston strataria
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Common Orange Lichen · Common Jelly Spot · Yellow Brain · Giant Puffball · Stubble Rosegill +6
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina2025
- Common Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatus
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- Giant PuffballCalvatia gigantea2025
- Stubble RosegillVolvopluteus gloiocephalus2025
- White SaddleHelvella crispa
Blackthorn · Hawthorn · Coltsfoot · Common Chickweed · Ash +5
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- AshFraxinus excelsior2025
- LindenTilia2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,930 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackcap · Magpie · Chiffchaff · House Sparrow · Wren +25
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Muntjac
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects76 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Ivy Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Oak Beauty +71
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Oak BeautyBiston strataria
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Common Orange Lichen · Common Jelly Spot · Yellow Brain · Giant Puffball · Stubble Rosegill +6
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina2025
- Common Jelly SpotDacrymyces stillatus
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- Giant PuffballCalvatia gigantea2025
- Stubble RosegillVolvopluteus gloiocephalus2025
- White SaddleHelvella crispa
Blackthorn · Hawthorn · Coltsfoot · Common Chickweed · Ash +5
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- AshFraxinus excelsior2025
- LindenTilia2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens2025Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens2025Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella2025Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella2025Physcia adscendensPhyscia adscendens2025Physcia adscendensPhyscia adscendens2025ParasolaParasola2025ParasolaParasola2025Ambarelo'r BwganMacrolepiota procera2025Ambarelo'r BwganMacrolepiota procera2025Cow Parsley
Cow Parsley
Anthriscus sylvestris2025
Anthriscus sylvestris2025
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025TomatoSolanum lycopersicum2025TomatoSolanum lycopersicum2025