Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.88362, -2.23416
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Goldfinch +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Goldfinch +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, Box Tree Moth, Azure Damselfly +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km▾
Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye
Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Glevum WayWalking route42 km▾
A circular path around Gloucester passing through a varied landscape of river plain and limestone hillsides
Named routeLength 42 kmRegional walking route
Black Ash Lanepublic footpath · 291 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 291 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Black Ash Lanepublic footpath · 22 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
111 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
27,463 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,463 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · Goldfinch · Blackbird +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Azure Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Black Bean Aphid · Glyphotaelius pellucidus · Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea +15
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
- Black Bean AphidAphis (Aphis) fabae2024
- Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus
- Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
- Broad-bodied Chaser
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,463 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · Goldfinch · Blackbird +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Azure Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Black Bean Aphid · Glyphotaelius pellucidus · Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea +15
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
- Black Bean AphidAphis (Aphis) fabae2024
- Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus
- Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
- Broad-bodied Chaser
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Libellula depressa
Libellula depressa
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