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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.75785, -0.47391
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Garzotti Cafe Bistro — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Garzotti Cafe Bistro — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Canada Goose, Mallard, Moorhen +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Canada Goose, Mallard, Moorhen +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Ringlet +84 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Red WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blue WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ver Valley Walk 3Walking route▾
The Winterbourne Walk
Named routeRef Ver3Local walking route
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hemel Hempstead cycle route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buncefield Lane QuietwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route758 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 758 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
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Hemel Hempstead Bowls Club, Gadebridge Park
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
27,779 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,779 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Moorhen · Canada Goose · Grey Heron · Mallard · Black-headed Gull +27
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- NewtTriturus
Tortoise Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Bishop's Mitre · 24-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird +36
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,779 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Moorhen · Canada Goose · Grey Heron · Mallard · Black-headed Gull +27
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- NewtTriturus
Tortoise Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Bishop's Mitre · 24-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird +36
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhagonycha fulva2025
Rhagonycha fulva2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2025Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2025Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus2025Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2025Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2025Phaonia trimaculataPhaonia trimaculataPhaonia trimaculataPhaonia trimaculataStrawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025Violet Black-legged RobberflyDioctria atricapilla2025Violet Black-legged RobberflyDioctria atricapilla2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025