Grove Road Playing Field
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.81356, 0.75272
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Collared Dove
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Exchange — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Collared Dove
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Exchange — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Small White, Large White +201 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: Maldon to SalcottWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
St Luke's Chasepublic footpath · 53 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 53 mPath type: footway
Chapel Lanepublic footpath · 54 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 54 mPath type: service
St Luke's Chasepublic footpath · 152 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 152 mPath type: service
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
NCN Link PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef (16)National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route352 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 352 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Grove Road Playing Field, Tiptree
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Wildlife to spot
7,391 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,391 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Mallard · Blackbird · Blue Tit +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Small Black Ant · Sphaerophoria · 22-spot Ladybird +55
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Adonis' Ladybird
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,391 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Mallard · Blackbird · Blue Tit +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Small Black Ant · Sphaerophoria · 22-spot Ladybird +55
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Adonis' Ladybird
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hippodamia variegata
Hippodamia variegata
PlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMyrmicaMyrmicaMyrmicaMyrmicaOpomyzaOpomyzaOpomyzaOpomyzaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaDusky AntFormica fuscaDusky AntFormica fuscaMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataAbax parallelusAbax parallelusAbax parallelusAbax parallelusJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatusJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatusEristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneusCalathus fuscipesCalathus fuscipesCalathus fuscipesCalathus fuscipesBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxYellow Meadow AntLasius flavusYellow Meadow AntLasius flavusIndet. LadybirdCoccinellidaeIndet. LadybirdCoccinellidaeEpisyrphusEpisyrphusEpisyrphusEpisyrphusGraphomya maculataGraphomya maculataGraphomya maculataGraphomya maculataSarcophagidaeSarcophagidaeSarcophagidaeSarcophagidaeDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraPhaoniaPhaoniaPhaoniaPhaoniaSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaCompsidolon (Coniortodes) salicellumCompsidolon (Coniortodes) salicellumCompsidolon (Coniortodes) salicellumCompsidolon (Coniortodes) salicellumLauxaniidaeLauxaniidaeLauxaniidaeLauxaniidaeAmaraAmaraAmaraAmaraHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusMeiosimyzaMeiosimyzaMeiosimyzaMeiosimyzaLasiusLasiusLasiusLasiusSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaElaphrusElaphrusElaphrusElaphrusFirebugPyrrhocoris apterusFirebugPyrrhocoris apterusSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusJet AntLasius fuliginosusJet AntLasius fuliginosusScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriMilichiidaeMilichiidaeMilichiidaeMilichiidaeCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumSmall Fleck-winged SnipeflyRhagio lineolaSmall Fleck-winged SnipeflyRhagio lineola2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisEuscelis incisusEuscelis incisusEuscelis incisusEuscelis incisusEupteryxEupteryxEupteryxEupteryxHollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostreHollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostreRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata