🌱 Urban park

Wallingford Castle Gardens

2 ha

📷 Steve Daniels · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Getting here

51.60223, -1.12295

Best for

6 activities

Playgrounds

Free93%

playground, toilets, café, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Cycling

Varies72%

Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Network Route 5

Hiking

Free72%

Named hiking route nearby: European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England

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

7 named nearby · 25 public paths

Named routePublic access

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Cycling

14 named nearby

Named route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 named nearby

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path

Public access

Named routes and paths nearby

The Ridgeway · Walking140 km

The Chiltern Way · Walking275 km

The Chiltern Way Southern Extension · Walking0

The Roman Way · Walking274.5 km

Main Route · Cycling

Watery Lane · bridleway

Croft Villas · public footpath

Castle Lane · public footpath

About this urban park

Wallingford Castle Gardens is a urban park covering 2 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

50,688 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds43 species recorded

Blue Tit · Magpie · Robin

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Mammals3 species recorded

Rabbit · Squirrel · Grey Squirrel

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Amphibians1 species recorded

Common Frog

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Insects23 species recorded

Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Hebrew Character

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Plants1 species recorded

Daisy

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Steve Daniels · Wikimedia Commons · 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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Café

Coffee#1 · 262m

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Campsite

2 · 321m away

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Parking

Castle Street Car Park · Paid · 97m

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Playground

3 · 224m away

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Toilets

2 · 256m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Wallingford Town WallsHistoric site400 m→✦Saxon townHistoric site300 m→🌱The Kine CroftUrban park500 m→✦Wallingford CastleHistoric site100 m→🌱Riverside ParkUrban park400 m→🌱Wallingford Castle MeadowsUrban park400 m→