Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
51.46080, -3.17526
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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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 234m 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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 234m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Magpie, Mute Swan +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Magpie, Mute Swan +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
Penrhys PilgrimageWalking route▾
Taff TrailWalking route88 km▾
Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
147 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ely TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef ETLocal cycle route
Cardiff Bay TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Route 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network
City Centre Hub (complete)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CCLocal cycle route
Rhymney TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef RTLocal cycle route
Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
51,690 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
51,690 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspring
2026▾
Magpie · Mute Swan · Great Crested Grebe · Canada Goose · Goldfinch +33
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects21 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Hairy Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax +16
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Giant Blackberry · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Common Pincushion
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
51,690 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspring
2026▾
Magpie · Mute Swan · Great Crested Grebe · Canada Goose · Goldfinch +33
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects21 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Hairy Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax +16
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Giant Blackberry · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Common Pincushion
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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