Plan your visit
🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.51489, -3.32179
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 202m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 202m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Jackdaw +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Jackdaw +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 81
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Severn Way (1) Source to ShrewsburyWalking route116 km▾
Named routeRef SW (1)Length 116 kmRegional walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 81Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route426 m▾
Named routeLength 426 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 81Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 81Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route38 m▾
Named routeRef 81Length 38 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4 m▾
Named routeRef 81Length 4 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
11,704 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,704 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Brown Rat · Otter +3
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- OtterLutra lutra
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae · Thecabius (Thecabius) affinis · Poplar-lettuce Aphid · Ashy Mining Bee +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025
- Thecabius (Thecabius) affinisThecabius (Thecabius) affinis2025
- Poplar-lettuce AphidPemphigus (Pemphigus) bursarius2025
- Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
🌿Plants4 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Meadow Crane's-bill · Himalayan Balsam · Mistletoe · Rosa canina
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- MistletoeViscum album
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,704 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Brown Rat · Otter +3
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- OtterLutra lutra
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae · Thecabius (Thecabius) affinis · Poplar-lettuce Aphid · Ashy Mining Bee +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025
- Thecabius (Thecabius) affinisThecabius (Thecabius) affinis2025
- Poplar-lettuce AphidPemphigus (Pemphigus) bursarius2025
- Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
🌿Plants4 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Meadow Crane's-bill · Himalayan Balsam · Mistletoe · Rosa canina
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- MistletoeViscum album
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
MoleTalpa europaea2024MoleTalpa europaea2024American MinkNeovison vison2024American MinkNeovison vison20242025
2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2024Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Events & activities nearby
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