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🌱 Urban park

River Sowe floodplain parkland

76 ha

Getting here

52.43898, -1.47017

Best for

6 activities

Playgrounds

Free87%

playground, café, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Cycling

Varies58%

Named cycling route nearby: Cycle Coventry Sowe Valley Route

Hiking

Free58%

Named hiking route nearby: Sowe Valley Footpath

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

34

30 named nearby · 4 public paths

Named routePublic access
🚴

Cycling

71

71 named nearby

Named route
🚵

Mountain biking

1

1 named nearby

Named route

Named routes and paths nearby

Oxford Canal Walk · Walking0
Centenary Way · Walking0
A Coventry Way · Walking0
ACW Circular Walk 11 · Walking0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling

About this urban park

River Sowe floodplain parkland is a urban park covering 76 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Poplars by the River Sowe, Bell Green

Poplars by the River Sowe, Bell Green

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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

Café

Bus Stop Café · 271m

🅿️

Parking

4 nearby · 247m

🛝

Playground

66m 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