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Getting here
52.72373, -1.36430
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦40+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦40+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Candlesnuff Fungus, Amanita'r Gwybed, Coesyn Melfed +9 more · last seen 2026
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Three-spot Dot, Garden Carpet, Volucella inanis +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
74 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route118 m▾
Named routeRef 52Length 118 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route113 m▾
Named routeRef 52Length 113 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 52Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Skate Park, Coalville Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
27,440 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,440 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Black-headed Gull +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common GullLarus canus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Otter · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Mole
- OtterLutra lutra
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐝Insects84 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Three-spot Dot · Garden Carpet · Volucella inanis · Furness Dowd · Swallowtail +79
- Three-spot DotStigmella trimaculella
- Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Furness DowdBlastobasis adustella
- SwallowtailPapilio machaon
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
🍄Fungi12 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Candlesnuff Fungus · Amanita'r Gwybed · Coesyn Melfed · Blushing Bracket · Ballerina +7
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria2025
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
- Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
- BallerinaPorpolomopsis calyptriformis2025
- ClavariaClavaria
🌿Plants10 species
wintersummer
2026▾
White Dead-nettle · Ivy · Daisy · Gorse · Mind-your-own-business +5
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- IvyHedera helix
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,440 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Black-headed Gull +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common GullLarus canus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Otter · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Mole
- OtterLutra lutra
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐝Insects84 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Three-spot Dot · Garden Carpet · Volucella inanis · Furness Dowd · Swallowtail +79
- Three-spot DotStigmella trimaculella
- Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Furness DowdBlastobasis adustella
- SwallowtailPapilio machaon
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
🍄Fungi12 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Candlesnuff Fungus · Amanita'r Gwybed · Coesyn Melfed · Blushing Bracket · Ballerina +7
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria2025
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
- Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
- BallerinaPorpolomopsis calyptriformis2025
- ClavariaClavaria
🌿Plants10 species
wintersummer
2026▾
White Dead-nettle · Ivy · Daisy · Gorse · Mind-your-own-business +5
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- IvyHedera helix
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Nicrophorus investigator
Nicrophorus investigator
Nicrophorus investigator
White-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimellaWhite-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimellaAndromeda LacebugStephanitis takeyaiAndromeda LacebugStephanitis takeyaiRibautiana ulmiRibautiana ulmiRibautiana ulmiRibautiana ulmiArboridia ribautiArboridia ribautiArboridia ribautiArboridia ribautiPopulicerus confususPopulicerus confususPopulicerus confususPopulicerus confususStenocranus majorStenocranus majorStenocranus majorStenocranus majorCicadula frontalisCicadula frontalisCicadula frontalisCicadula frontalisZig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopodaZig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopodaAulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringiiCicadula quadrinotataCicadula quadrinotataCicadula quadrinotataCicadula quadrinotataMacrosteles sardusMacrosteles sardusMacrosteles sardusMacrosteles sardusCicadula floriCicadula floriCicadula floriCicadula floriMaple DotStigmella acerisMaple DotStigmella acerisBeautiful Hook-tipLaspeyria flexulaBeautiful Hook-tipLaspeyria flexulaAustralian Orange-tipTachystola acroxanthaAustralian Orange-tipTachystola acroxanthaClifden NonpareilCatocala fraxiniClifden NonpareilCatocala fraxiniChrysoperla carnea groupChrysoperla carnea groupChrysoperla carnea groupChrysoperla carnea groupLunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosaLunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosaBox Tree MothCydalima perspectalisBox Tree MothCydalima perspectalisDeep-brown DartAporophyla lueneburgensisDeep-brown DartAporophyla lueneburgensisBlack RusticAporophyla nigraBlack RusticAporophyla nigraTipula paludosaTipula paludosaTipula paludosaTipula paludosaBlair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieriBlair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieriTipula confusaTipula confusaTipula confusaTipula confusaSwallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucariaSwallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucariaRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesSilk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamicSilk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamicNarrow-winged GreyEudonia angusteaNarrow-winged GreyEudonia angusteaVine's RusticHoplodrina ambiguaVine's RusticHoplodrina ambiguaPale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpisPale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpisSallowCirrhia icteritiaSallowCirrhia icteritiaCentre-barred SallowAtethmia centragoCentre-barred SallowAtethmia centragoSmall PhoenixEcliptopera silaceataSmall PhoenixEcliptopera silaceataNut Leaf Blister MothPhyllonorycter coryliNut Leaf Blister MothPhyllonorycter coryliApple Leaf SkeletonizerChoreutis parianaApple Leaf SkeletonizerChoreutis parianaToadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunulaToadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunulaGreen-veined WhitePieris napiGreen-veined WhitePieris napiPhytomyza aquilegiaePhytomyza aquilegiaePhytomyza aquilegiaePhytomyza aquilegiaeHolly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicisHolly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicisPhytomyza agromyzinaPhytomyza agromyzinaPhytomyza agromyzinaPhytomyza agromyzinaKnopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamicKnopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamicChevron Grass-mothAgriphila geniculeaChevron Grass-mothAgriphila geniculeaOegoconiaOegoconiaOegoconiaOegoconiaOpsius stactogalusOpsius stactogalusOpsius stactogalusOpsius stactogalusFlame CarpetXanthorhoe designataFlame CarpetXanthorhoe designataBedeguar GallDiplolepis rosaeBedeguar GallDiplolepis rosaeCinnabarTyria jacobaeaeCinnabarTyria jacobaeaeWoundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimusWoundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimusCopper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramideaCopper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramideaStraw UnderwingThalpophila maturaStraw UnderwingThalpophila maturaBrown ArgusAricia agestisBrown ArgusAricia agestisPainted LadyVanessa carduiPainted LadyVanessa carduiMaple PugEupithecia inturbataMaple PugEupithecia inturbataGold SpotPlusia festucaeGold SpotPlusia festucaeDusky SallowEremobia ochroleucaDusky SallowEremobia ochroleucaPlain PugEupithecia simpliciataPlain PugEupithecia simpliciataLesser Cream WaveScopula immutataLesser Cream WaveScopula immutataMarsh MarbleEndothenia quadrimaculanaMarsh MarbleEndothenia quadrimaculanaCommon LutestringOchropacha duplarisCommon LutestringOchropacha duplarisPhoenixEulithis prunataPhoenixEulithis prunataGrey Pine CarpetThera obeliscataGrey Pine CarpetThera obeliscataRiband WaveIdaea aversataRiband WaveIdaea aversataRufous TortrixClepsis consimilanaRufous TortrixClepsis consimilanaLittle GreyEudonia lacustrataLittle GreyEudonia lacustrataDun-barCosmia trapezinaDun-barCosmia trapezinaCommon FootmanEilema lurideolaCommon FootmanEilema lurideolaSatin Grass-mothCrambus perlellaSatin Grass-mothCrambus perlellaSmall RivuletPerizoma alchemillataSmall RivuletPerizoma alchemillataV-pugChloroclystis v-ataV-pugChloroclystis v-ataClouded SilverLomographa temerataClouded SilverLomographa temerataDusky PearlUdea prunalisDusky PearlUdea prunalisSmall RanunculusHecatera dysodeaSmall RanunculusHecatera dysodeaShort-cloaked MothNola cucullatellaShort-cloaked MothNola cucullatellaDusky BrocadeApamea remissaDusky BrocadeApamea remissaWillow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidariaWillow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidariaScalloped OakCrocallis elinguariaScalloped OakCrocallis elinguariaMottled BeautyAlcis repandataMottled BeautyAlcis repandata2025
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Porcelain FungusMucidula mucida2025Porcelain FungusMucidula mucida2025Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus2025Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus2025Pseudocercospora depazeoidesPseudocercospora depazeoides2025Pseudocercospora depazeoidesPseudocercospora depazeoides2025Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum2025Silver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureum2025Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans2025Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans2025False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca2025False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2025Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2025Events & activities nearby
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