CATHEDRAL CLOSE AND LINEAR PARK, LICHFIELD 45 ha
Plan your visit
🛝 Family🦅 Birds🎠 Play
Public access Dogs welcome 45 ha
Getting here
52.68517, -1.83430
Open directionsv ✦ Grade II Registered Park and Garden — Historic designed landscape on the National Heritage List for England of special interest, warranting efforts to preserve it.
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Chandler's Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Chandler's Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food ☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Coot +51 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Mole, Wood Mouse +13 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
✦ Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Chad; Historic site with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Heart of England Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 161km Regional walking route
Show on map Two Saints Way Walking route 148 km ▾
Two Saints Way - Chester Cathedral to/from Lichfield Cathedral. In the late Middle Ages a steady stream of pilgrims walked this way – both housing shrines to two game-changing Mercian saints in the 7th century - St Werburgh and St Chad
Named route Ref TSW Length 148 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map E2 hiking trail Birmingham Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map Lichfield Canal Heritage Towpath Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Frenchman's Walk public footpath · 4 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 4 m Path type: footway
Show on map Frenchman's Walk public footpath · 178 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 178 m Path type: footway
Show on map 29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 54 National Cycle Network
Show on map McClean Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 3.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 54 Length 3.1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 420 m ▾
Named route Ref 54 Length 420 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 117 m ▾
Named route Ref 54 Length 117 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Photos Erasmus Darwin House, Beacon Street, Lichfield
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Wildlife to spot
33,068 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 33,068 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 37 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Great Crested Grebe · Canada Goose · Coot · Blue Tit +32
Blackbird Turdus merula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Badger · Grey Squirrel
Badger Meles meles Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Dock Bug · Yellow Meadow Ant · Oak Bush-cricket
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum Elder · Dogwood · Hornbeam · Lords-and-Ladies · Green Snowdrop +4
Elder Sambucus nigra2025 Dogwood Cornus sanguinea2025 Hornbeam Carpinus betulus2025 Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Green Snowdrop Galanthus woronowii Hazel Corylus avellana2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 33,068 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 37 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Great Crested Grebe · Canada Goose · Coot · Blue Tit +32
Blackbird Turdus merula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Badger · Grey Squirrel
Badger Meles meles Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Dock Bug · Yellow Meadow Ant · Oak Bush-cricket
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum Elder · Dogwood · Hornbeam · Lords-and-Ladies · Green Snowdrop +4
Elder Sambucus nigra2025 Dogwood Cornus sanguinea2025 Hornbeam Carpinus betulus2025 Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Green Snowdrop Galanthus woronowii Hazel Corylus avellana2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hawthorn
Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna2025
Crataegus monogyna2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus2025
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus2025 