Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome65 ha
Getting here
54.97894, -1.62536
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Costa — 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
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +50 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +50 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Syrphus, 7-spot Ladybird +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
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149 signed routes nearby
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Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
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Angel CyclewayCycling route▾
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Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
45,488 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
45,488 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blackbird · Mallard · Moorhen · Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon +25
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects26 species
winterspring
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird +21
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
🌿Plants7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lesser Periwinkle · Broad-leaved Dock · Common Chickweed · Hyacinth · Galanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentinei +2
- Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
- Galanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentineiGalanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentinei
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
45,488 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blackbird · Mallard · Moorhen · Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon +25
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects26 species
winterspring
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird +21
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
🌿Plants7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lesser Periwinkle · Broad-leaved Dock · Common Chickweed · Hyacinth · Galanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentinei +2
- Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
- Galanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentineiGalanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentinei
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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