Hawkstone Park Follies
147 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome147 ha
Getting here
52.85899, -2.63127
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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 Pied Flycatcher and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 212m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pied Flycatcher and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 212m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Blue Tit, Great Tit +62 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Blue Tit, Great Tit +62 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: The Obelisk
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Large White, Speckled Wood +23 more · last seen 2021
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
National Byway (Shropshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route in Shropshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
hodnet-market draytonCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route883 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 883 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route13.4 km▾
Named routeRef 45Length 13.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Hawkstone Park - looking up Grand Valley
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Wildlife to spot
3,149 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,149 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Coot · Pied Flycatcher · Robin · Chiffchaff +16
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Field Vole · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
Navelwort · Bramble · Wood Sage · Heath Speedwell · Beech +105
- NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024
- Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2024
- BeechFagus sylvatica2024
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,149 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Coot · Pied Flycatcher · Robin · Chiffchaff +16
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Field Vole · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
Navelwort · Bramble · Wood Sage · Heath Speedwell · Beech +105
- NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024
- Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2024
- BeechFagus sylvatica2024
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas