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🌱 Urban park

Recreation Ground Rickstones Road

8 ha

Getting here

51.81266, 0.64044

Best for

6 activities

Playgrounds

Free88%

playground, toilets, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Cycling

Varies72%

Named cycling route nearby: Route 16

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Hiking

Free58%

Named hiking route nearby: John Ray Walk

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

14

2 named nearby · 12 public paths

Named routePublic access
🚴

Cycling

73

73 named nearby

Named route
🐴

Horse riding

4

4 public paths

Public access

Named routes and paths nearby

John Ray Walk · Walking0
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8 · Cycling0
NCN Link Path · Cycling0
Regional Route 50 · Cycling0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
Flemming Way · public footpath
Motts Lane · bridleway
Motts Lane · bridleway

About this urban park

Recreation Ground Rickstones Road is a urban park covering 8 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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🌱 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

🅿️

Parking

1 nearby · 125m

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Playground

124m away

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Toilets

2 · 149m 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