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Diana Memorial Garden

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📷 Clive Kirton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🐦35+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Boba Blitz — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦35+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Boba Blitz — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· FreePlaygroundToilets

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11 activities

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination

Free

Playgrounds

Very strong match

playground, toilets, café, parking

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Swift +32 more · last seen 2025

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Swift +32 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Large White, Ringlet +38 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Ivanhoe WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Coton in the Elms Circular WalkWalking route10 km

Named routeLength 10 kmLocal walking route

Spires and SteeplesWalking route

Named route

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

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Cycling

73 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Conkers CircuitCycling route

Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route26 m

Named routeLength 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route600 m

Named routeLength 600 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

N/ACycling route2 km

Named routeLength 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

N/ACycling route18 m

Named routeLength 18 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

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Mountain biking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Family Forest Trail (Yellow)Mountain bike route

Named routeRef Family Forest TrailRound trip

Wood Farm TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRef Wood Farm Trail

Shell Brook TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRef Shell Brook TrailRound tripLocal cycle route

Hicks Lodge TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

28,065 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

28,065 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants138 species

spring

2026

Dandelion · Wood Avens · Daisy · Curled Dock · Spear Thistle +133

DandelionTaraxacum
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
DaisyBellis perennis
Curled DockRumex crispus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
HollyIlex aquifolium
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
CleaversGalium aparine
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Silver BirchBetula pendula
AlderAlnus glutinosa
AshFraxinus excelsior
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
NipplewortLapsana communis
White CloverTrifolium repens
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Field MapleAcer campestre
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
daffodilsNarcissus
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
WeldReseda luteola
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
HazelCorylus avellana
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Hyacinthoides hispanicaHyacinthoides hispanica
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
LaurustinusViburnum tinus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Winter JasmineJasminum nudiflorum
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Stellaria mediaStellaria media
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
GorseUlex europaeus
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
IvyHedera helix
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
ElderSambucus nigra
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Common VetchVicia sativa
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
BroomCytisus scoparius
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
YewTaxus baccata
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Narrow-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus sylvestris
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

28,065 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants138 species

spring

2026

Dandelion · Wood Avens · Daisy · Curled Dock · Spear Thistle +133

DandelionTaraxacum
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
DaisyBellis perennis
Curled DockRumex crispus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
HollyIlex aquifolium
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
CleaversGalium aparine
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Silver BirchBetula pendula
AlderAlnus glutinosa
AshFraxinus excelsior
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
NipplewortLapsana communis
White CloverTrifolium repens
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Field MapleAcer campestre
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
daffodilsNarcissus
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
WeldReseda luteola
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
HazelCorylus avellana
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Hyacinthoides hispanicaHyacinthoides hispanica
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
LaurustinusViburnum tinus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Winter JasmineJasminum nudiflorum
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Stellaria mediaStellaria media
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
GorseUlex europaeus
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
IvyHedera helix
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
ElderSambucus nigra
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Common VetchVicia sativa
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
BroomCytisus scoparius
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
YewTaxus baccata
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Narrow-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus sylvestris
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Clive Kirton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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