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Lower Park Recreation Ground

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53.18553, -3.40953

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕The Copper Pot — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕The Copper Pot — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· FreePicnic spotPlayground

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Yarrow, Creeping Buttercup, Common Mouse-ear +27 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Yarrow, Creeping Buttercup, Common Mouse-ear +27 more · last seen 2023

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Pocket Plum, Nettle Clustercup Rust · last seen 2023; Fungi — Pocket Plum, Nettle Clustercup Rust · last seen 2023

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Orange-tip, Beautiful Demoiselle, Harlequin Ladybird +14 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Orange-tip, Beautiful Demoiselle, Harlequin Ladybird +14 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km

Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route

North Wales Pilgrim's WayWalking route

Named route

Hiraethog TrailWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ride North WalesCycling route

Named routeRef Brenig LoopLocal cycle route

National Cycle Route 84 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 84National Cycle Network

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Ride the ClwydsMountain bike route

Named routeRef Loop de Loop

Wildlife to spot

10,719 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,719 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

springsummer

2025

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Goldfinch +42

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SwallowHirundo rustica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great TitParus major
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RookCorvus frugilegus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
DipperCinclus cinclus
Rock DoveColumba livia
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Stock DoveColumba oenas
NuthatchSitta europaea
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SwiftApus apus
WigeonMareca penelope
RavenCorvus corax

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Southern Hawker · Green Drake

Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Green DrakeEphemera danica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,719 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

springsummer

2025

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Goldfinch +42

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SwallowHirundo rustica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great TitParus major
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RookCorvus frugilegus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
DipperCinclus cinclus
Rock DoveColumba livia
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Stock DoveColumba oenas
NuthatchSitta europaea
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SwiftApus apus
WigeonMareca penelope
RavenCorvus corax

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Southern Hawker · Green Drake

Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Green DrakeEphemera danica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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