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Llay Cemetery

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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53.08594, -2.99507

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 287m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 287m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· PaidPlayground

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Mallard +96 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Mallard +96 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small Nettle Weevil, Euophryum confine, Ocys tachysoides +68 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small Nettle Weevil, Euophryum confine, Ocys tachysoides +68 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Llwybr Clawdd WatWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Wales Link PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 84 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 84National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

26,302 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

26,302 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Magpie · Robin · Long-tailed Tit +56

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DipperCinclus cinclus
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2025

Hairy Shieldbug · Birch Shieldbug · Oak Bush-cricket

Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

26,302 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Magpie · Robin · Long-tailed Tit +56

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DipperCinclus cinclus
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2025

Hairy Shieldbug · Birch Shieldbug · Oak Bush-cricket

Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Bob Shires · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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