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Jubilee Gardens

WildlifeBirdsPicnic

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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
☕The Blitz Tea Room and Jazz Lounge — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ 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
☕The Blitz Tea Room and Jazz Lounge — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidToilets

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Shoveler +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Shoveler +62 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

café, toilets; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Volucella inanis, 7-spot Ladybird, Birch Shieldbug +44 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Volucella inanis, 7-spot Ladybird, Birch Shieldbug +44 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Main RouteCycling route2.6 km

Named routeRef 552Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route260 m

Named routeRef 552Length 260 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route690 m

Named routeRef 552Length 690 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route812 m

Named routeRef 552Length 812 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route941 m

Named routeRef 552Length 941 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route170 m

Named routeRef 552Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

22,633 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

22,633 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

autumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Goldfinch · Coal Tit · Blackcap · Black-headed Gull +40

ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

springwinter

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2026

White Comfrey

White ComfreySymphytum orientale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

22,633 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

autumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Goldfinch · Coal Tit · Blackcap · Black-headed Gull +40

ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

springwinter

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2026

White Comfrey

White ComfreySymphytum orientale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Firth · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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