Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.60998, -3.37260
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Barry Sidings Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Barry Sidings Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Robin +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Robin +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, Speckled Bush-cricket, Dock Bug +106 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Penrhys PilgrimageWalking route▾
Pontypridd CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef Pontypridd CircularLocal walking route
Cychoedd-a-Dolenni Loops & LinksWalking route▾
Taff TrailWalking route88 km▾
Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route
167 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
Rhondda Fach TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 881National Cycle Network
Cynon TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 478National Cycle Network
Proposed NCN 882Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 882National Cycle Network
Photos
River Rhondda downstream from a footbridge, Trehafod
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,666 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,666 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit +41
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects30 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Rosemary Beetle · Exechia dorsalis · Simulium · Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +25
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
- Exechia dorsalisExechia dorsalis2023
- SimuliumSimulium
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,666 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit +41
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects30 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Rosemary Beetle · Exechia dorsalis · Simulium · Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +25
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
- Exechia dorsalisExechia dorsalis2023
- SimuliumSimulium
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas