Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.60147, -3.00765
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Cetti's Warbler and Wigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Pavilion Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Cetti's Warbler and Wigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Pavilion Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Cetti's Warbler, Wigeon, Whimbrel +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Cetti's Warbler, Wigeon, Whimbrel +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Harlequin Ladybird, Eristalis tenax +95 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Usk Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
Lodge Hill Circular WalkWalking route3.1 km▾
Named routeLength 3.1 kmLocal walking route
195 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Link to The Celtic TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 49Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 49National Cycle Network
Route 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network
Link to NCN 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Twrch TrailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
21,030 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,030 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Cetti's Warbler · Wigeon · Dunlin · Moorhen · Woodpigeon +36
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Sallow Pea-galler · Varied Carpet Beetle · Eristalis pertinax · Harlequin Ladybird +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Common Reed · Smooth Sow-thistle · Yarrow · Snowdrop · Winter Heliotrope +2
- Common ReedPhragmites australis2025
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Ivy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,030 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Cetti's Warbler · Wigeon · Dunlin · Moorhen · Woodpigeon +36
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Sallow Pea-galler · Varied Carpet Beetle · Eristalis pertinax · Harlequin Ladybird +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Common Reed · Smooth Sow-thistle · Yarrow · Snowdrop · Winter Heliotrope +2
- Common ReedPhragmites australis2025
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Ivy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis
Apion frumentariumApion frumentariumApion frumentariumApion frumentariumPhaonia tuguriorumPhaonia tuguriorumPhaonia tuguriorumPhaonia tuguriorumCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Hedera helix2025
Hedera helix2025
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