🎠Play🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.21333, -0.54555
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 259m 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 259m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stephen Langton TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Steep HillWalking route▾
Named routeIncline 14%
Fossdyke Canal TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Plossland RoundWalking route▾
Riverside Pathpublic footpath · 13 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 13 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Riverside Pathpublic footpath · 544 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 544 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Riverside Pathpublic footpath · 84 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 84 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
64 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lincoln - Saxilby Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lincoln Eastern Bypass NMU pathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Lincoln to Humber
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
North Hykeham Relief Road / Lincoln Southern Bypass NMU RouteCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Lincoln to Branston cycle pathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hawthorn Road Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
29,064 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
29,064 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Magpie +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Varied Carpet Beetle +6
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Springy Turf-moss · Dune Thread-moss · Whitish Feather-moss · Field Forklet-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort +13
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
- Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
- Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,064 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Magpie +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis · Varied Carpet Beetle +6
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Springy Turf-moss · Dune Thread-moss · Whitish Feather-moss · Field Forklet-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort +13
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
- Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
- Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
PegomyaPegomya2025PegomyaPegomya202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025Fannia pallitibiaFannia pallitibia2025Fannia pallitibiaFannia pallitibia2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Heath Star Moss
Heath Star Moss
Campylopus introflexus
Campylopus introflexus
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusSand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformisSand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformisSand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanumSand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanumHornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianumHornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianumFern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinumFern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumYellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescensYellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescensRedshankCeratodon purpureusRedshankCeratodon purpureusWhite Ramping-fumitoryFumaria capreolata2025White Ramping-fumitoryFumaria capreolata2025Events & activities nearby
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