Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome28 ha
Getting here
52.34728, -1.58348
Open directionsv
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 Blue Tit and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — 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 Blue Tit and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: ABBEY RUINS; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Sarcophaga, Hairy Shieldbug +109 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
Millennium Way (Warks)Walking route100 km▾
A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.
Named routeLength 100 kmRegional walking route
ACW Circular Walk 02Walking route▾
Named routeRef C02Listed length 9 kmLocal walking route
Monmouth Closepublic footpath · 33 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 33 mPath type: residential
42 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
National Cycle Network National Route 523Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 523National Cycle Network
[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Kenilworth, Abbey Fields lake - geograph.org.uk - 6174315
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
86,700 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
86,700 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Great Tit · Dunnock · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐝Insects28 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Polietes · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pine Ladybird · Ectopsocus +23
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- PolietesPolietes2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- EctopsocusEctopsocus
- AnthomyiidaeAnthomyiidae2025
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Cherry Laurel · Cotoneaster · Wilson's Honeysuckle +11
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- CotoneasterCotoneaster
- Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
86,700 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Great Tit · Dunnock · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐝Insects28 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Polietes · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pine Ladybird · Ectopsocus +23
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- PolietesPolietes2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- EctopsocusEctopsocus
- AnthomyiidaeAnthomyiidae2025
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Cherry Laurel · Cotoneaster · Wilson's Honeysuckle +11
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- CotoneasterCotoneaster
- Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Black Spleenwort
Black Spleenwort
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
DandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumEvents & activities nearby
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