Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.57688, -1.03414
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Green Woodpecker and Wren
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕LouLou's — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Green Woodpecker and Wren
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕LouLou's — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Green Woodpecker, Wren, Woodpigeon +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Green Woodpecker, Wren, Woodpigeon +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Western Honey Bee, Sepsis, Red-legged Shieldbug +30 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
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Route 63Cycling route▾
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Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
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Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route207 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 207 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route208 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 208 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
18,422 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,422 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Green Woodpecker · Wren · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Great Tit +43
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Western Honey Bee · Sepsis · Red-legged Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Common Carder Bee +28
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
- SepsisSepsis2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Creeping Thistle LacebugTingis (Tingis) ampliata
Candlesnuff Fungus · Yellow Fieldcap · Weeping Widow
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans
- Weeping WidowLacrymaria lacrymabunda
Skullcap
- SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,422 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Green Woodpecker · Wren · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Great Tit +43
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Western Honey Bee · Sepsis · Red-legged Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Common Carder Bee +28
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
- SepsisSepsis2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Creeping Thistle LacebugTingis (Tingis) ampliata
Candlesnuff Fungus · Yellow Fieldcap · Weeping Widow
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans
- Weeping WidowLacrymaria lacrymabunda
Skullcap
- SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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