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Deville Park

3 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

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52.69155, -1.06827

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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
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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 — Mallard, Blackbird, Starling +82 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Starling +82 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Red Admiral +152 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Red Admiral +152 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Greater Celandine, Cleavers, White Dead-nettle +70 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Greater Celandine, Cleavers, White Dead-nettle +70 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Giant Polypore, Common Orange Lichen, Jelly Ear +6 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Giant Polypore, Common Orange Lichen, Jelly Ear +6 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — White Dead-nettle, Dandelion, Common Nettle +10 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Leicestershire RoundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

110 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fosse2Cycling route

Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network

Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

NCN 6 Flood Diversion RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Main RouteCycling route450 m

Named routeRef 6Length 450 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

15,258 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,258 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winter

2026

Pheasant · Rock Dove · Canada Goose · Grey Heron · Jackdaw +36

PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SwiftApus apus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great TitParus major2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2026

Badger · Red Fox · Mole · Common Shrew

BadgerMeles meles
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects63 species

summerautumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Red Admiral · Box Tree Moth · Harlequin Ladybird +58

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Common WainscotMythimna pallens
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
ColletesColletes
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
Small WhitePieris rapae
Royal Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter pastorella
Willow ErmineYponomeuta rorrella
Maple DotStigmella aceris
Aulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringii
Iteomyia majorIteomyia major
Phytomyza agromyzinaPhytomyza agromyzina
Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae
SyrphusSyrphus
Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata
Old LadyMormo maura
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata
AmphipyraAmphipyra
Cloeon dipterumCloeon dipterum
Kent Maze-minerPhyllocnistis xenia
Pilophorus clavatusPilophorus clavatus
Bird-cherry ErmineYponomeuta evonymella
Rufous TortrixClepsis consimilana
Ling PugEupithecia absinthiata
Dun-barCosmia trapezina
Dwarf Cream WaveIdaea fuscovenosa
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea
Riband WaveIdaea aversata
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Nettle-TapAnthophila fabriciana
Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata
Agriotes acuminatusAgriotes acuminatus
HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2024
Silver YAutographa gamma2024
Tropidosteptes pacificusTropidosteptes pacificus2024
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Pimpla rufipesPimpla rufipes2024
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024

🍄

Fungi5 species

autumn

2025

Jelly Ear · Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella · Lecidella elaeochroma · Giant Polypore

Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
Giant PolyporeMeripilus giganteus

🌿

Plants22 species

autumn

2026

Cleavers · White Dead-nettle · Greater Celandine · Blackthorn · Common Nettle +17

CleaversGalium aparine
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
ElmUlmus2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
TomatoSolanum lycopersicum2025
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,258 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winter

2026

Pheasant · Rock Dove · Canada Goose · Grey Heron · Jackdaw +36

PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SwiftApus apus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great TitParus major2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2026

Badger · Red Fox · Mole · Common Shrew

BadgerMeles meles
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects63 species

summerautumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Red Admiral · Box Tree Moth · Harlequin Ladybird +58

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Common WainscotMythimna pallens
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
ColletesColletes
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
Small WhitePieris rapae
Royal Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter pastorella
Willow ErmineYponomeuta rorrella
Maple DotStigmella aceris
Aulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringii
Iteomyia majorIteomyia major
Phytomyza agromyzinaPhytomyza agromyzina
Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae
SyrphusSyrphus
Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata
Old LadyMormo maura
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata
AmphipyraAmphipyra
Cloeon dipterumCloeon dipterum
Kent Maze-minerPhyllocnistis xenia
Pilophorus clavatusPilophorus clavatus
Bird-cherry ErmineYponomeuta evonymella
Rufous TortrixClepsis consimilana
Ling PugEupithecia absinthiata
Dun-barCosmia trapezina
Dwarf Cream WaveIdaea fuscovenosa
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea
Riband WaveIdaea aversata
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Nettle-TapAnthophila fabriciana
Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata
Agriotes acuminatusAgriotes acuminatus
HeraldScoliopteryx libatrix
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2024
Silver YAutographa gamma2024
Tropidosteptes pacificusTropidosteptes pacificus2024
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Pimpla rufipesPimpla rufipes2024
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024

🍄

Fungi5 species

autumn

2025

Jelly Ear · Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella · Lecidella elaeochroma · Giant Polypore

Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
Giant PolyporeMeripilus giganteus

🌿

Plants22 species

autumn

2026

Cleavers · White Dead-nettle · Greater Celandine · Blackthorn · Common Nettle +17

CleaversGalium aparine
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
ElmUlmus2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
TomatoSolanum lycopersicum2025
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Law · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

BMX and 'pump' track, De Ville Park

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