Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.60071, -3.33786
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Costa — 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 — Jackdaw, Blackbird, Robin +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Blackbird, Robin +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Penrhys PilgrimageWalking route▾
Pontypridd CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef Pontypridd CircularLocal walking route
Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkRegional walking route
Taff TrailWalking route88 km▾
Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route
159 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Llantrisant Community RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Treforest Community RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef TCRLocal cycle route
Church Village Community RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef CVCRLocal cycle route
Aber Valley Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 475National Cycle Network
Rhondda Fach TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 881National Cycle Network
Cynon TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 478National Cycle Network
Photos
Path east through Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,705 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,705 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Robin · Grey Heron · Dipper · Dunnock +45
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Biting Midge · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Dock Bug +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Biting MidgeCeratopogonidae
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Syrphus ribesii
Himalayan Balsam
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,705 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Robin · Grey Heron · Dipper · Dunnock +45
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Biting Midge · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Dock Bug +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Biting MidgeCeratopogonidae
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Syrphus ribesii
Himalayan Balsam
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus ribesii2025
Syrphus ribesii2025
Alder ClubhornCimbex connatus2025Alder ClubhornCimbex connatus2025