Market Bosworth Country Park
65 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome65 ha
Getting here
52.62240, -1.39120
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Blackbird
- 🧺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
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Blackbird
- 🧺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· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Blue Tit +46 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Blue Tit +46 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Puccinia tumida, Dog's Mercury Rust, Torth Felen +9 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.7 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeLength 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
The fish pond at Market Bosworth Country Park
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
21,419 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,419 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Mallard +31
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Stoat · Badger · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- StoatMustela erminea
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects59 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Laburnum Leaf Miner · Black-tailed Skimmer · Orchestes alni · Pinalitus cervinus +54
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Laburnum Leaf MinerLeucoptera laburnella2025
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
- Orchestes alniOrchestes alni2025
- Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2024
🍄Fungi5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dog's Mercury Rust · Puccinia tumida · Torth Felen · Clustered Brittlestem · Sycamore Tarspot
- Dog's Mercury RustMelampsora populnea
- Puccinia tumidaPuccinia tumida
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare2024
- Clustered BrittlestemBritzelmayria multipedata2024
- Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum2024
Mistletoe · Frizzled Pincushion · Long-beaked Water Feather-moss · Silver Maple · Himalayan Balsam +22
- MistletoeViscum album2024
- Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
- Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum2024
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,419 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Mallard +31
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Stoat · Badger · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- StoatMustela erminea
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects59 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Laburnum Leaf Miner · Black-tailed Skimmer · Orchestes alni · Pinalitus cervinus +54
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Laburnum Leaf MinerLeucoptera laburnella2025
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
- Orchestes alniOrchestes alni2025
- Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2024
🍄Fungi5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dog's Mercury Rust · Puccinia tumida · Torth Felen · Clustered Brittlestem · Sycamore Tarspot
- Dog's Mercury RustMelampsora populnea
- Puccinia tumidaPuccinia tumida
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare2024
- Clustered BrittlestemBritzelmayria multipedata2024
- Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum2024
Mistletoe · Frizzled Pincushion · Long-beaked Water Feather-moss · Silver Maple · Himalayan Balsam +22
- MistletoeViscum album2024
- Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
- Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum2024
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
TormentilPotentilla erecta2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024ElecampaneInula helenium2024ElecampaneInula helenium2024Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024Caucasian WingnutPterocarya fraxinifolia2024Caucasian WingnutPterocarya fraxinifolia2024Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024BulrushTypha latifolia2024BulrushTypha latifolia2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Water-soldierStratiotes aloides2024Water-soldierStratiotes aloides2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024RaspberryRubus idaeus2024RaspberryRubus idaeus2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024