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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › East Midlands › Gedling Getting here
52.98024, -1.08748
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 295m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 295m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch +86 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Large White, Meadow Brown +66 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Large White, Meadow Brown +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 20 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
The Big Track Walking route ▾
Named route Ref The Big Track Local walking route
Show on map Arboretum Route 1 Walking route ▾
Arboretum Route 2 Walking route ▾
Park Steps Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Smew Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 15 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 15 National Cycle Network
Show on map NTU City Campus to New Basford Avoiding Tram Lines Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NTU - New Basford Local cycle route
Show on map Family Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Midland Road Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Gedling <> Arnold Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Gedling Village <> Burton Joyce Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Mountain Bike Route Mountain bike route ▾
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Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Epistrophe nitidicollis Epistrophe nitidicollis
Epistrophe nitidicollis Epistrophe nitidicollis
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Melanostoma Melanostoma
Melanostoma Melanostoma
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica
Sweet Alison Lobularia maritima
Sweet Alison Lobularia maritima
Bilbao Fleabane Erigeron floribundus
Bilbao Fleabane Erigeron floribundus
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Southern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa
Southern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa
Pampas-grass Cortaderia selloana
Pampas-grass Cortaderia selloana
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara
Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus
Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
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