🌱 Urban park

Springfield Recreation Ground

Plan your visit

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

52.69141, -2.72477

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4 activities

Playgrounds

Free82%

playground, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

20 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Shropshire Way - stage 01Walking route24.1 km▾

Named routeRef ShW01Length 24.1 kmLocal walking route

Shropshire Way - stage 10Walking route18.1 km▾

Named routeRef ShW10Length 18.1 kmLocal walking route

River Reflections Walk, Attingham ParkWalking route1.6 km▾

River Tern, Water Meadow, Man-Made Lake, Two Bridges. Dogs leashed for majority of the walk, with a section for off lead walking in the north: https://nt.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/content/assets/website/national/regions/shropshire-staffordshire/place

Named routeLength 1.6 kmDuration 01:00-01:30Round tripLocal walking route

Food and Fungi Walk, Attingham ParkWalking route1.6 km▾

Walled Garden, Apple Orchard, Woodland, Fungi, Exotic Fruit

Named routeLength 1.6 kmDuration 00:30-01:00Round tripLocal walking route

Repton Ramble, Attingham ParkWalking route4 km▾

Deer, WW2 Remians, The Ha-Ha, Mainsion Views, River Tern. Dogs leashed for parts of this walk: https://nt.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/content/assets/website/natio

Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:00-01:30Round tripLocal walking route

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Cycling

81 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mercian WayCycling route▾

Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network

Route 44Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 44National Cycle Network

National Byway (Shropshire)Cycling route▾

National Byway route in Shropshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Route 81Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network

National Byway (Herefordshire)Cycling route▾

National Byway in Herefordshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Alternative RouteCycling route99 m▾

Named routeRef 81Length 99 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

About this urban park

Springfield Recreation Ground is a urban park.

Wildlife to spot

55,873 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds48 species recorded

Blackcap · Magpie · Woodpigeon

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Mammals4 species recorded

Hedgehog · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel

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Reptiles1 species recorded

Common Lizard

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Insects7 species recorded

Box Bug · Dock Bug · Pine Ladybird

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Plants4 species recorded

Greater Honeywort · Common Stonewort · Great Brome

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 TCExplorer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Events & activities nearby

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Bookable tours

🌱 Visiting this spring

🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

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Parking

7 nearby · Free · 127m

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Playground

245m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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