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Elford Hall Garden

5 ha

📷 Humphrey Bolton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

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52.69322, -1.72944

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParkingToilets

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8 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, Tufted Duck, Corn Bunting +91 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Tufted Duck, Corn Bunting +91 more · last seen 2025

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

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

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

café, toilets; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Small White, 7-spot Ladybird +23 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Small White, 7-spot Ladybird +23 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Heart of England WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route

National Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km

Newport to Burton on Trent

Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route

E2 hiking trail BirminghamWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route3.1 km

Named routeRef 54Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route420 m

Named routeRef 54Length 420 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route117 m

Named routeRef 54Length 117 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route36 m

Named routeRef 54Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route469 m

Named routeRef 54Length 469 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

5,417 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,417 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Canada Goose +60

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CootFulica atra
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Greylag GooseAnser anser
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
TealAnas crecca
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GadwallMareca strepera
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
JackdawColoeus monedula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WhitethroatCurruca communis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Common TernSterna hirundo
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RedshankTringa totanus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RavenCorvus corax
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2025

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,417 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Canada Goose +60

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
CootFulica atra
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Greylag GooseAnser anser
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
TealAnas crecca
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GadwallMareca strepera
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
JackdawColoeus monedula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WhitethroatCurruca communis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Common TernSterna hirundo
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RedshankTringa totanus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RavenCorvus corax
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2025

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Humphrey Bolton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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