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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.89590, -1.27275
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Little Egret
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Little Egret
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Grey Heron, Little Egret, Kingfisher +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Otter, Wood Mouse +12 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Common Blue Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle +117 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
The Big TrackWalking route▾
Named routeRef The Big TrackLocal walking route
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Erewash Circular Route 4Walking route▾
84 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Lenton Abbey <> City CentreCycling route▾
Named routeRef N3Regional cycle route
Lilac GroveCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Clifton <> KegworthCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
59,742 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
59,742 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Little Egret · Grey Heron · Kingfisher · Robin · Great Tit +35
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey Squirrel · Otter
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Brown Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Common Wasp +7
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Snowberry · Petty Spurge · Common Toadflax
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
59,742 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Little Egret · Grey Heron · Kingfisher · Robin · Great Tit +35
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey Squirrel · Otter
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Brown Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Common Wasp +7
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Snowberry · Petty Spurge · Common Toadflax
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
