Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome22 ha
Getting here
52.39916, -1.49516
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Famers Fayre goes to Town — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Famers Fayre goes to Town — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax, Helophilus pendulus +116 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km23 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
ACW Circular Walk 04Walking route▾
Named routeRef C04Listed length 14 kmLocal walking route
Hussar Courtpublic footpath · 24 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 24 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13Local cycle route
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Photos
Area of sports pitches, Charterhouse Field, Coventry
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Wildlife to spot
25,632 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,632 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Mallard · Pochard · Pintail +23
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- PintailAnas acuta
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
🐝Insects10 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Ant Damsel Bug · Orange Ladybird · Eristalis tenax +5
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- EupeodesEupeodes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,632 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Mallard · Pochard · Pintail +23
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- PintailAnas acuta
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
🐝Insects10 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Ant Damsel Bug · Orange Ladybird · Eristalis tenax +5
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- EupeodesEupeodes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025