🌱 Urban park

Taff Bargoed Park

86 ha

📷 Robin Drayton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome86 ha

Getting here

51.67066, -3.29938

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Best for

5 activities

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café, parking

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Network Route 47

Varies

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkWalking route▾

Named routeRef Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkRegional walking route

Taff TrailWalking route88 km▾

Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

148 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 476Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 476National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 469Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 469National Cycle Network

Trevithick TrailCycling route▾

Named routeRef 477National Cycle Network

Cynon TrailCycling route▾

Named routeRef 478National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 468Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 468National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network

About this urban park

Taff Bargoed Park is a urban park covering 86 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

25,237 records from NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

25,237 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds41 species recorded

Dunnock · Greenfinch · Blackcap

🦌

Mammals1 species recorded

Grey Squirrel

🐸

Amphibians1 species recorded

Common Frog

🐝

Insects9 species recorded

7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Sylvicola fenestralis

🌿

Plants10 species recorded

Fairy Beads · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Big Shaggy-moss

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

25,237 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds41 species recorded

Dunnock · Greenfinch · Blackcap

🦌

Mammals1 species recorded

Grey Squirrel

🐸

Amphibians1 species recorded

Common Frog

🐝

Insects9 species recorded

7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Sylvicola fenestralis

🌿

Plants10 species recorded

Fairy Beads · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Big Shaggy-moss

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

15 photos from nearby open sources

📷 Robin Drayton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

A reminder of the past, Taff Bargoed Park

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Photos

📷 Robin Drayton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

A reminder of the past, Taff Bargoed Park

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Events & activities nearby

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Visiting this spring

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

🌱 Visiting this spring

🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

☕

Café

Snack Ranch · 224m

🅿️

Parking

10 nearby · 55m

🛝

Playground

161m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Weather for this location

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Colliers Adventure FarmUrban park3 km→🌱Parc PenalltaUrban park3.8 km→🌱Bargoed ParkUrban park4.6 km→🌱Nelson Wern ParkUrban park2.5 km→🌱Parc AbercynonUrban park3.1 km→🌱Nant Llwynog ParkUrban park4 km→