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🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.75171, -1.45590
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Tesco Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Tesco Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Uncertain, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Marbled Minor agg. +312 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Cedar Cup, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat., Jelly Ear +6 more · last seen 2026
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Red WalkWalking route3.8 km▾
Named routeLength 3.8 km
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Purple WalkWalking route3.5 km▾
Named routeLength 3.5 km
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route654 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 654 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route998 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 998 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Family Forest Trail (Yellow)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Family Forest TrailRound trip
Wood Farm TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Wood Farm Trail
Shell Brook TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Shell Brook TrailRound tripLocal cycle route
Hicks Lodge TrailMountain bike route▾
The Tramway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef The Tramway Trail
Weather for this location
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
23,924 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
23,924 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSturnus vulgaris vulgaris · Starling · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +1
- Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Box Tree Moth · Molanna angustata · Bud Moth · Willow Beauty · Rufous Tortrix +121
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2025
- Molanna angustataMolanna angustata2025
- Bud MothSpilonota ocellana2025
- Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2025
- Rufous TortrixClepsis consimilana2025
- Small GreyEudonia mercurella
🍄Fungi5 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Cedar Cup · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Jelly Ear · Peziza · Silky Rosegill
- Cedar CupGeopora sumneriana
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- PezizaPeziza
- Silky RosegillVolvariella bombycina2025
Wall-rue · Shining Crane's-bill
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,924 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSturnus vulgaris vulgaris · Starling · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +1
- Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Box Tree Moth · Molanna angustata · Bud Moth · Willow Beauty · Rufous Tortrix +121
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2025
- Molanna angustataMolanna angustata2025
- Bud MothSpilonota ocellana2025
- Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2025
- Rufous TortrixClepsis consimilana2025
- Small GreyEudonia mercurella
🍄Fungi5 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Cedar Cup · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Jelly Ear · Peziza · Silky Rosegill
- Cedar CupGeopora sumneriana
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- PezizaPeziza
- Silky RosegillVolvariella bombycina2025
Wall-rue · Shining Crane's-bill
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Little GreyEudonia lacustrata2025Little GreyEudonia lacustrata2025Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2025Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2025Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2025Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2025Light ArchesApamea lithoxylaea2025Light ArchesApamea lithoxylaea2025Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis2025Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis2025Oak Knot-hornPhycita roborella2025Oak Knot-hornPhycita roborella2025Common Purple & GoldPyrausta purpuralis2025Common Purple & GoldPyrausta purpuralis2025Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2025Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2025Gastrolepta anthracinaGastrolepta anthracina2025Gastrolepta anthracinaGastrolepta anthracina2025Athripsodes cinereusAthripsodes cinereus2025Athripsodes cinereusAthripsodes cinereus2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Small RivuletPerizoma alchemillata2025Small RivuletPerizoma alchemillata2025Orthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestris2025Orthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestris2025PeacockAglais io2025PeacockAglais io2025Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2025Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2025Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2025Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2025Common GreyScoparia ambigualis2025Common GreyScoparia ambigualis2025Buff FootmanEilema depressa2025Buff FootmanEilema depressa2025Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2025Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2025CnephasiaCnephasia2025CnephasiaCnephasia2025Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2025Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2025Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2025Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2025Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha2025Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha2025Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.2025Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.2025Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2025Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2025Common MarbleCelypha lacunana2025Common MarbleCelypha lacunana2025Short-cloaked MothNola cucullatella2025Short-cloaked MothNola cucullatella2025Grey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridens2025Grey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridens2025Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2025Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2025Codling MothCydia pomonella2025Codling MothCydia pomonella2025Lesser EarwigLabia minor2025Lesser EarwigLabia minor2025Poplar GreySubacronicta megacephala2025Poplar GreySubacronicta megacephala2025Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2025Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2025FlameAxylia putris2025FlameAxylia putris2025Leptocerus tineiformisLeptocerus tineiformis2025Leptocerus tineiformisLeptocerus tineiformis2025Golden DotStigmella aurellaGolden DotStigmella aurellaBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis2025Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis2025VapourerOrgyia antiqua2025VapourerOrgyia antiqua2025Dinocampus coccinellaeDinocampus coccinellae2025Dinocampus coccinellaeDinocampus coccinellae2025Phytomyza astrantiaePhytomyza astrantiae2025Phytomyza astrantiaePhytomyza astrantiae2025Bay SuckerTrioza alacris2025Bay SuckerTrioza alacris2025Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2025Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2025Spotted Knot-hornPhycitodes binaevella2025Spotted Knot-hornPhycitodes binaevella2025MillerAcronicta leporina2025MillerAcronicta leporina2025Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2025Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2025Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2025Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2025Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025Nephrotoma flavipalpisNephrotoma flavipalpis2025Nephrotoma flavipalpisNephrotoma flavipalpis2025Meadow Hook-wingAncylis badiana2025Meadow Hook-wingAncylis badiana2025Small Dotted BuffPhotedes minima2025Small Dotted BuffPhotedes minima2025CoronetCraniophora ligustri2025CoronetCraniophora ligustri2025Lygus pratensisLygus pratensis2025Lygus pratensisLygus pratensis2025Acanthiophilus helianthiAcanthiophilus helianthi2025Acanthiophilus helianthiAcanthiophilus helianthi2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Wakely's DowdBlastobasis lacticolella2025Wakely's DowdBlastobasis lacticolella2025Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Common BluePolyommatus icarus2025Common BluePolyommatus icarus2025CommaPolygonia c-album2025CommaPolygonia c-album2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025CampionSideridis rivularis2025CampionSideridis rivularis2025UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2025UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2025Twenty-plume MothAlucita hexadactyla2025Twenty-plume MothAlucita hexadactyla2025Dark Fruit-tree TortrixPandemis heparana2025Dark Fruit-tree TortrixPandemis heparana2025Silver YAutographa gamma2025Silver YAutographa gamma2025Oak NycteolineNycteola revayana2025Oak NycteolineNycteola revayana2025YponomeutaYponomeuta2025YponomeutaYponomeuta2025Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2025Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2025Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2025Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2025Plain Golden YAutographa jota2025Plain Golden YAutographa jota2025Red-barred TortrixDitula angustiorana2025Red-barred TortrixDitula angustiorana2025Marbled White SpotProtodeltote pygarga2025Marbled White SpotProtodeltote pygarga2025Currant PugEupithecia assimilata2025Currant PugEupithecia assimilata2025Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla2025Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla2025Dun-barCosmia trapezina2025Dun-barCosmia trapezina2025Common FootmanEilema lurideola2025Common FootmanEilema lurideola2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025Orange Pine TortrixLozotaeniodes formosana2025Orange Pine TortrixLozotaeniodes formosana2025Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2025Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2025Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025Ash-bark Knot-hornEuzophera pinguis2025Ash-bark Knot-hornEuzophera pinguis2025Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella2025Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella2025Iassus lanioIassus lanio2025Iassus lanioIassus lanio2025Scarce FootmanEilema complana2025Scarce FootmanEilema complana2025Straw Grass-veneerAgriphila straminella2025Straw Grass-veneerAgriphila straminella2025Dark Moss-mothBryotropha affinis2025Dark Moss-mothBryotropha affinis2025Brown House-mothHofmannophila pseudospretella2025Brown House-mothHofmannophila pseudospretella2025Common Cloaked TortrixGypsonoma dealbana2025Common Cloaked TortrixGypsonoma dealbana2025Mint MothPyrausta aurata2025Mint MothPyrausta aurata2025Dot MothMelanchra persicariae2025Dot MothMelanchra persicariae2025Buff MomphaMompha epilobiella2025Buff MomphaMompha epilobiella2025V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2025V-pugChloroclystis v-ata2025Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2025Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2025Megalocoleus molliculusMegalocoleus molliculus2025Megalocoleus molliculusMegalocoleus molliculus2025Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2025Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica202518-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata202518-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata2025Lesser Tawny CrescentBatia lunaris2025Lesser Tawny CrescentBatia lunaris2025Hoary TortrixEucosma cana2025Hoary TortrixEucosma cana2025Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2025Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2025Orthotylus (Orthotylus) flavinervisOrthotylus (Orthotylus) flavinervis2025Orthotylus (Orthotylus) flavinervisOrthotylus (Orthotylus) flavinervis2025Yellow Oak TortrixAleimma loeflingiana2025Yellow Oak TortrixAleimma loeflingiana2025Mother of PearlPatania ruralis2025Mother of PearlPatania ruralis2025Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2025Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2025Mottled RusticCaradrina morpheus2025Mottled RusticCaradrina morpheus2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Common PugEupithecia vulgata2025Common PugEupithecia vulgata2025Water VeneerAcentria ephemerella2025Water VeneerAcentria ephemerella2025Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarata2025Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarata2025Eurhadina loewiiEurhadina loewii2025Eurhadina loewiiEurhadina loewii2025Fan-footHerminia tarsipennalis2025Fan-footHerminia tarsipennalis2025Phylus (Phylus) melanocephalusPhylus (Phylus) melanocephalus2025Phylus (Phylus) melanocephalusPhylus (Phylus) melanocephalus2025SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2025SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2025