Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.46133, -3.44938
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Happy Days — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Happy Days — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Canada Goose, Robin, Swift +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Canada Goose, Robin, Swift +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Tanytarsini, Elmis aenea +171 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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National Cycle Network Route 888Cycling route▾
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Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 88Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
The parish church of the Holy Cross, Cowbridge
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
14,578 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,578 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +35
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects30 species
springsummer
2025▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Eristalis pertinax · Azure Damselfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly +25
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Cherry Laurel · Rubus ulmifolius · Giant Blackberry
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,578 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +35
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects30 species
springsummer
2025▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Eristalis pertinax · Azure Damselfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly +25
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Cherry Laurel · Rubus ulmifolius · Giant Blackberry
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas