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🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.46227, -3.16609
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Crested Grebe and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Coffee Mania — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Crested Grebe and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Coffee Mania — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Magpie, Mute Swan +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Magpie, Mute Swan +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Corizus hyoscyami, Hairy Shieldbug +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
Penrhys PilgrimageWalking route▾
Taff TrailWalking route88 km▾
Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
147 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ely TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef ETLocal cycle route
Cardiff Bay TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Route 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network
City Centre Hub (complete)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CCLocal cycle route
Rhymney TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef RTLocal cycle route
Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
48,243 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
48,243 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspring
2026▾
Magpie · Great Crested Grebe · Mute Swan · Goldfinch · Canada Goose +33
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects21 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Hairy Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax +16
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Giant Blackberry · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Common Pincushion
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
48,243 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspring
2026▾
Magpie · Great Crested Grebe · Mute Swan · Goldfinch · Canada Goose +33
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects21 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Hairy Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax +16
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Giant Blackberry · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis · Common Pincushion
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
