🦉Wildlife🦅Birds⚽Pitches
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
52.79644, -1.14681
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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
- ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — 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
- ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
⚽Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Yew, Lords-and-Ladies, Primrose +129 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Yew, Lords-and-Ladies, Primrose +129 more · last seen 2023
Free
Plants — White Dead-nettle, Hogweed, Lesser Chickweed +15 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Notts Wolds WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
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Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
5,875 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,875 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Grey Heron · Wren · Blue Tit +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
Mole · Badger · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit +2
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Dock Bug · Graphomya maculata · Cantharis rustica · Field Grasshopper · Holly Blue +5
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2023
🌿Plants6 species
springsummer
2023▾
Common Knapweed · Meadow Buttercup · White Dead-nettle · Welted Thistle · Meadow Foxtail +1
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,875 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Grey Heron · Wren · Blue Tit +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
Mole · Badger · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit +2
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Dock Bug · Graphomya maculata · Cantharis rustica · Field Grasshopper · Holly Blue +5
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2023
🌿Plants6 species
springsummer
2023▾
Common Knapweed · Meadow Buttercup · White Dead-nettle · Welted Thistle · Meadow Foxtail +1
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Fox
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes2022
Vulpes vulpes2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Meadow BrownManiola jurtina jurtina2022Meadow BrownManiola jurtina jurtina2022Speckled WoodPararge aegeria tircis2022Speckled WoodPararge aegeria tircis2022Large WhitePieris brassicae2022Large WhitePieris brassicae2022