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Getting here
52.50527, -1.23562
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Common Darter, Green-veined White +167 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Netted Crust, Candlesnuff Fungus, Crown Rust +8 more · last seen 2026
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Footpath V51Walking route▾
Named routeRef V51
Bridleway V53Walking route▾
Named routeRef V53
Bridleway V29Walking route▾
Named routeRef V29
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Bridleway V44Walking route▾
Named routeRef V44
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Entrance to field north of Leire Road
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
17,188 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,188 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRed-legged Partridge · Mute Swan · Greylag Goose · Rook · Woodpigeon +26
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Badger · Mole · Brown Hare
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Red-legged Shieldbug · Green-veined White · 7-spot Ladybird · Comma · Green Dock Beetle +64
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- CommaPolygonia c-album2025
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025
- Oak-apple CauserBiorhiza pallida f. sexual
Netted Crust · Candlesnuff Fungus · Crown Rust · Entyloma ficariae · Periwinkle Rust +2
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025
- Crown RustPuccinia coronata2025
- Entyloma ficariaeEntyloma ficariae2025
- Periwinkle RustPuccinia vincae2025
- Protomyces macrosporusProtomyces macrosporus
Italian Lords-and-Ladies · Dusky Crane's-bill · Bush Vetch · Sweet Violet · Red Dead-nettle +24
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
- Dusky Crane's-billGeranium phaeum2025
- Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,188 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRed-legged Partridge · Mute Swan · Greylag Goose · Rook · Woodpigeon +26
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Badger · Mole · Brown Hare
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Red-legged Shieldbug · Green-veined White · 7-spot Ladybird · Comma · Green Dock Beetle +64
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- CommaPolygonia c-album2025
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025
- Oak-apple CauserBiorhiza pallida f. sexual
Netted Crust · Candlesnuff Fungus · Crown Rust · Entyloma ficariae · Periwinkle Rust +2
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025
- Crown RustPuccinia coronata2025
- Entyloma ficariaeEntyloma ficariae2025
- Periwinkle RustPuccinia vincae2025
- Protomyces macrosporusProtomyces macrosporus
Italian Lords-and-Ladies · Dusky Crane's-bill · Bush Vetch · Sweet Violet · Red Dead-nettle +24
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
- Dusky Crane's-billGeranium phaeum2025
- Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Common Mini-minerAndrena minutula2025Common Mini-minerAndrena minutula2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025Indet. MothflyPsychodidaeIndet. MothflyPsychodidaeCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2025Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2025Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula2025Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula2025Speckled Bittersweet MothAcrolepia autumnitella2025Speckled Bittersweet MothAcrolepia autumnitella2025Dasineura urticaeDasineura urticae2025Dasineura urticaeDasineura urticae2025PeacockAglais io2025PeacockAglais io2025RingletAphantopus hyperantus2025RingletAphantopus hyperantus2025Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025Oyster Gall CauserNeuroterus anthracinus f. agamic2025Oyster Gall CauserNeuroterus anthracinus f. agamic202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025Polymerus (Polymerus) nigritaPolymerus (Polymerus) nigrita2025Polymerus (Polymerus) nigritaPolymerus (Polymerus) nigrita2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2025Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025Megaloceroea recticornisMegaloceroea recticornis2025Megaloceroea recticornisMegaloceroea recticornis2025Dicyphus (Dicyphus) pallidusDicyphus (Dicyphus) pallidus2025Dicyphus (Dicyphus) pallidusDicyphus (Dicyphus) pallidus2025Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2025Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Common Green CapsidLygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus2025Common Green CapsidLygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus2025Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025Small WhitePieris rapae2025Small WhitePieris rapae2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Livid SawflyTenthredo livida2025Livid SawflyTenthredo livida2025Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025Blood-veinTimandra comae2025Blood-veinTimandra comae2025Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2025Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2025Small MagpieAnania hortulata2025Small MagpieAnania hortulata2025Common MarbleCelypha lacunana2025Common MarbleCelypha lacunana2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea2025Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea2025Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2025DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Dasineura tiliaeDasineura tiliae2025Dasineura tiliaeDasineura tiliae2025Dasineura thomasianaDasineura thomasiana2025Dasineura thomasianaDasineura thomasiana2025Pale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosaria2025Pale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosaria2025Common Oak PurpleDyseriocrania subpurpurella2025Common Oak PurpleDyseriocrania subpurpurella2025Cherry AphidMyzus (Myzus) cerasi2025Cherry AphidMyzus (Myzus) cerasi2025Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis2025Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis2025Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025Microlophium carnosumMicrolophium carnosum2025Microlophium carnosumMicrolophium carnosum2025Currant Gall CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. sexual2025Currant Gall CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. sexual2025Furrowed-catkin Gall CauserAndricus quadrilineatus f. agamic2025Furrowed-catkin Gall CauserAndricus quadrilineatus f. agamic2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Aphis (Bursaphis) grossulariaeAphis (Bursaphis) grossulariae2025Aphis (Bursaphis) grossulariaeAphis (Bursaphis) grossulariae2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Hart's-tongue MothPsychoides verhuella2025Hart's-tongue MothPsychoides verhuella2025Golden DotStigmella aurella2025Golden DotStigmella aurella2025Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2025Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2025Winter MothOperophtera brumata2025Winter MothOperophtera brumata2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2025Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria20252025
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Boeremia hedericolaBoeremia hedericola2025Boeremia hedericolaBoeremia hedericola2025Hairy St John's-wort
Hairy St John's-wort
Hypericum hirsutum2025
Hypericum hirsutum2025
Wild LiquoriceAstragalus glycyphyllos2025Wild LiquoriceAstragalus glycyphyllos2025Monk's-HoodAconitum2025Monk's-HoodAconitum2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025WalnutJuglans regia2025WalnutJuglans regia2025Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025Silver MapleAcer saccharinum2025Silver MapleAcer saccharinum2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Red BistortBistorta amplexicaulis2025Red BistortBistorta amplexicaulis2025RaspberryRubus idaeus2025RaspberryRubus idaeus2025ElmUlmus2025ElmUlmus2025Red Horse-chestnutAesculus carnea2025Red Horse-chestnutAesculus carnea2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2025GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025