Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.26303, -5.04745
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Spires Coffee Bar — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Spires Coffee Bar — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Redshank, Greenshank, Lesser Yellowlegs +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Redshank, Greenshank, Lesser Yellowlegs +74 more · last seen 2026; Mudflats priority habitat
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Dune Thread-moss, Crescent-cup Liverwort, Pea Bryum +24 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km44 public paths nearby
Public paths
Union Placepublic footpath · 99 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 99 mPath type: residential
Lemon Mews Roadpublic footpath · 80 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 80 mPath type: unclassified
Wilkes Walkpublic footpath · 54 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 54 mPath type: pedestrian
53 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Coast to Coast TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
UK:National Cycle Network - Truro loopCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3National Cycle Network
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 32Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 32National Cycle Network
Shortlanesend to TruroCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
High Crossbridleway · 24 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 24 mSurface settPath type: unclassified
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Common Apple-moss
Common Apple-moss
Bartramia pomiformis
Bartramia pomiformis
Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatumSupine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatumWall Thread-mossBryum radiculosumWall Thread-mossBryum radiculosumSoft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealisSoft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealisBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusNicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsoniiNicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsoniiCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumDusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridusDusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridusCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareLesser Potato BryumBryum subapiculatumLesser Potato BryumBryum subapiculatumSwartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hiansSwartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hiansShort-leaved Pocket-mossFissidens incurvusShort-leaved Pocket-mossFissidens incurvusWelsh Pocket-mossFissidens celticusWelsh Pocket-mossFissidens celticusTozer's Thread-mossEpipterygium tozeriTozer's Thread-mossEpipterygium tozeriDwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilumDwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilumAlpine Thread-mossBryum alpinum2025Alpine Thread-mossBryum alpinum2025Pale-fruited Thread-mossPohlia annotina2025Pale-fruited Thread-mossPohlia annotina2025