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Getting here
52.69752, -1.07667
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Cormorant
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Cormorant
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Cormorant, Little Egret +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Mallard, Cormorant, Little Egret +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Red-eyed Damselfly +148 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
109 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
NCN 6 Flood Diversion RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route450 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 450 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
54,682 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
54,682 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Canada Goose · Rock Dove · Mallard · Blackbird +29
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Badger · Red Fox · Mole · Common Shrew · Muntjac
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects75 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Wainscot +70
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common WainscotMythimna pallens
- Green Shieldbug
Jelly Ear · Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella · Lecidella elaeochroma · Giant Polypore
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Giant PolyporeMeripilus giganteus
Cleavers · Greater Celandine · White Dead-nettle · Elm · Hogweed +21
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025
- White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
- ElmUlmus2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
54,682 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Canada Goose · Rock Dove · Mallard · Blackbird +29
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Badger · Red Fox · Mole · Common Shrew · Muntjac
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects75 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Wainscot +70
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common WainscotMythimna pallens
- Green Shieldbug
Jelly Ear · Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella · Lecidella elaeochroma · Giant Polypore
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Giant PolyporeMeripilus giganteus
Cleavers · Greater Celandine · White Dead-nettle · Elm · Hogweed +21
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025
- White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
- ElmUlmus2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Palomena prasina
Palomena prasina
Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthaeBox Tree MothCydalima perspectalisBox Tree MothCydalima perspectalisCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCinnabarTyria jacobaeaeCinnabarTyria jacobaeaeColletesColletesColletesColletesHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisTree BumblebeeBombus hypnorumTree BumblebeeBombus hypnorumEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxBombus lucorumBombus lucorumBombus lucorumBombus lucorumWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaSmall WhitePieris rapaeSmall WhitePieris rapaeBedeguar GallDiplolepis rosaeBedeguar GallDiplolepis rosaeRoyal Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter pastorellaRoyal Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter pastorellaWillow Bean-gallerEuura proximaWillow Bean-gallerEuura proximaWillow ErmineYponomeuta rorrellaWillow ErmineYponomeuta rorrellaMaple DotStigmella acerisMaple DotStigmella acerisAulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringiiIteomyia majorIteomyia majorIteomyia majorIteomyia majorPhytomyza agromyzinaPhytomyza agromyzinaPhytomyza agromyzinaPhytomyza agromyzinaHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleRabdophaga rosaria complexRabdophaga rosaria complexRabdophaga rosaria complexRabdophaga rosaria complexAgromyza alnivoraAgromyza alnivoraAgromyza alnivoraAgromyza alnivoraSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaSmall Dusty WaveIdaea seriataSmall Dusty WaveIdaea seriataOld LadyMormo mauraOld LadyMormo mauraEuropiella artemisiaeEuropiella artemisiaeEuropiella artemisiaeEuropiella artemisiaePunctate CorixaCorixa punctataPunctate CorixaCorixa punctataToothed PondskaterGerris (Gerris) odontogasterToothed PondskaterGerris (Gerris) odontogasterSaucer BugIlyocoris cimicoidesSaucer BugIlyocoris cimicoidesPondweed BugMesovelia furcataPondweed BugMesovelia furcataKleidocerys (f.?) privignusKleidocerys (f.?) privignusKleidocerys (f.?) privignusKleidocerys (f.?) privignusNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataYellow ShellCamptogramma bilineataYellow ShellCamptogramma bilineataAmphipyraAmphipyraAmphipyraAmphipyraCloeon dipterumCloeon dipterumCloeon dipterumCloeon dipterumSpeckled WoodPararge aegeriaSpeckled WoodPararge aegeriaMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusKent Maze-minerPhyllocnistis xeniaKent Maze-minerPhyllocnistis xeniaPilophorus clavatusPilophorus clavatusPilophorus clavatusPilophorus clavatusBird-cherry ErmineYponomeuta evonymellaBird-cherry ErmineYponomeuta evonymellaRufous TortrixClepsis consimilanaRufous TortrixClepsis consimilanaLing PugEupithecia absinthiataLing PugEupithecia absinthiataDun-barCosmia trapezinaDun-barCosmia trapezinaDwarf Cream WaveIdaea fuscovenosaDwarf Cream WaveIdaea fuscovenosaBright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleraceaBright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleraceaRiband WaveIdaea aversataRiband WaveIdaea aversataGatekeeperPyronia tithonusGatekeeperPyronia tithonusNettle-TapAnthophila fabricianaNettle-TapAnthophila fabricianaGarden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmellaGarden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmellaCommon Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncataCommon Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusScarlet TigerCallimorpha dominulaScarlet TigerCallimorpha dominulaGarden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuataGarden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuataBlue ShieldbugZicrona caeruleaBlue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiAgriotes acuminatusAgriotes acuminatusAgriotes acuminatusAgriotes acuminatusAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusTropidia scitaTropidia scitaTropidia scitaTropidia scitaHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseHeraldScoliopteryx libatrixHeraldScoliopteryx libatrixAngle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosaAngle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaGreen Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridulaGreen Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridulaDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025TomatoSolanum lycopersicum2025TomatoSolanum lycopersicum2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025