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Coronation Park

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Getting here

51.73999, 0.49638

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 162m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 162m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Magpie +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Magpie +54 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Green-veined White, Large White +33 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Small White, Green-veined White, Large White +33 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Centenary CircleWalking route34 km

Named routeLength 34 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Pleasure Gardens WalkWalking route

Named route

Repton's WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Hylands Estate Boundary WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Hylands Lower Estate WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

74 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

Great Waltham to City Centre Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route801 m

Named routeRef 13Length 801 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route420 m

Named routeRef 1Length 420 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Sandford Mill Roadbridleway · 387 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 387 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway

Wildlife to spot

10,779 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,779 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow +56

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great TitParus major2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Accipiter nisus nisusAccipiter nisus nisus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Otter · Bat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
OtterLutra lutra2025
BatChiroptera2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Newt

NewtTriturus

🐝

Insects36 species

summerautumn

2026

Small White · Green-veined White · Large White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper +31

Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2025
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Anabolia nervosaAnabolia nervosa2025
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
WallLasiommata megera2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2024
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2024

Floating Pennywort

Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,779 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow +56

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great TitParus major2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Accipiter nisus nisusAccipiter nisus nisus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Otter · Bat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
OtterLutra lutra2025
BatChiroptera2024

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Newt

NewtTriturus

🐝

Insects36 species

summerautumn

2026

Small White · Green-veined White · Large White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper +31

Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2025
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Anabolia nervosaAnabolia nervosa2025
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
WallLasiommata megera2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2024
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2024

Floating Pennywort

Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Roger Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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