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Getting here
51.18866, -2.47498
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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 Canada Goose and Tufted Duck
- ☀️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
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Tufted Duck
- ☀️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 — Canada Goose, Tufted Duck, Coot +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Canada Goose, Tufted Duck, Coot +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Creeping Feather-moss, Silky Wall Feather-moss +95 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
East Mendip WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EMWRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 26 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Strawberry LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
11,452 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,452 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBullfinch · Chiffchaff · Treecreeper · Chaffinch · Red-legged Partridge
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
🌿Plants164 species
springwinter
2025▾
Male-fern · Yew · False-brome · Field Maple · Cock's-foot +159
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- YewTaxus baccata
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Wayfaring-tree
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,452 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBullfinch · Chiffchaff · Treecreeper · Chaffinch · Red-legged Partridge
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
🌿Plants164 species
springwinter
2025▾
Male-fern · Yew · False-brome · Field Maple · Cock's-foot +159
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- YewTaxus baccata
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Wayfaring-tree
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Viburnum lantana
Viburnum lantana
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorWild PrivetLigustrum vulgareWild PrivetLigustrum vulgareWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylitesRue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylitesFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaWinter-cressBarbarea vulgarisWinter-cressBarbarea vulgarisLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumAlchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestitaAlchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestitaAlchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestitaAlchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestitaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumItalian Rye-grassLolium multiflorumItalian Rye-grassLolium multiflorumHidcote ComfreySymphytum x hidcotense 'Hidcote Blue'Hidcote ComfreySymphytum x hidcotense 'Hidcote Blue'Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisMusk Stork's-billErodium moschatumMusk Stork's-billErodium moschatumGrey Field-speedwellVeronica politaGrey Field-speedwellVeronica politaHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumDog-roseRosa caninaDog-roseRosa caninaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaYellow IrisIris pseudacorusYellow IrisIris pseudacorusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeEuphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiaeIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCommon DuckweedLemna minorCommon DuckweedLemna minorTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisDruce's Crane's-billGeranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianumDruce's Crane's-billGeranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianumIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixRusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterachRusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterachAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaHawkweedHieraciumHawkweedHieraciumBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaKeeled-fruited CornsaladValerianella carinataKeeled-fruited CornsaladValerianella carinataBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumAubretiaAubrieta deltoideaAubretiaAubrieta deltoideaSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusTrailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyanaTrailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyanaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensCaucasian-StonecropPhedimus spuriusCaucasian-StonecropPhedimus spuriusWilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitidaWilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitidaCommon VetchVicia sativaCommon VetchVicia sativaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaWild OnionAllium vinealeWild OnionAllium vinealeDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisJapanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonicaJapanese HoneysuckleLonicera japonicaYellow CorydalisPseudofumaria luteaYellow CorydalisPseudofumaria luteaWild MarjoramOriganum vulgareWild MarjoramOriganum vulgareDogwoodCornus sanguineaDogwoodCornus sanguineaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareCowslipPrimula verisCowslipPrimula verisEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaCotoneaster horizontalisCotoneaster horizontalisCotoneaster horizontalisCotoneaster horizontalisWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaSmall-leaved LimeTilia cordataSmall-leaved LimeTilia cordataLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumWych ElmUlmus glabraWych ElmUlmus glabraBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumHard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatumHard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatumBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaWood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralisWood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralisCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusBugleAjuga reptansBugleAjuga reptansCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraWood VetchErvilia sylvaticaWood VetchErvilia sylvaticaPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisSmooth TareErvum tetraspermumSmooth TareErvum tetraspermumHairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutumHairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutumSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusHedera helixHedera helixHedera helixHedera helixLimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaeaLimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaeaWood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloidesWood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloidesWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris