Hereward Way Play Area
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.67243, -0.29164
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Mallard +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Mallard +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Limnephilus flavicornis, Limnephilus lunatus +12 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John Clare Country routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
The Deepings (Lincolnshire Cycle Routes)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Round tripRegional cycle route
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Nassaburgh TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
16,403 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,403 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Woodpigeon · Cormorant · Little Grebe · Coot +37
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwiftApus apus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
🐝Insects3 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Banded Demoiselle
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
White Dead-nettle · Common Ragwort · Spear Thistle · Bulrush · Large Bindweed +65
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
- BulrushTypha latifolia2025
- Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,403 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Woodpigeon · Cormorant · Little Grebe · Coot +37
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwiftApus apus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
🐝Insects3 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Banded Demoiselle
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
White Dead-nettle · Common Ragwort · Spear Thistle · Bulrush · Large Bindweed +65
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
- BulrushTypha latifolia2025
- Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
