MARKET BOSWORTH PARK
36 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome36 ha
Getting here
52.62241, -1.39121
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Chaffinch +33 more · last seen 2025; Country park — mixed habitats
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Country park — good for group day out
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Country park — designed for family visits
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Chaffinch +33 more · last seen 2025; Country park — managed habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Mistletoe, Pedunculate Oak, Frizzled Pincushion +24 more · last seen 2025; Country park — managed seasonal habitats and events
Free
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
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
21,419 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,419 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Mallard +31
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- 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
🐝Insects60 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Laburnum Leaf Miner · Black-tailed Skimmer · Orchestes alni · Pinalitus cervinus · Pogonocherus hispidus +55
- Laburnum Leaf MinerLeucoptera laburnella2025
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
- Orchestes alniOrchestes alni2025
- Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2024
- Pogonocherus hispidusPogonocherus hispidus2024
🍄Fungi4 species
springautumn
2025▾
Puccinia tumida · Dog's Mercury Rust · Clustered Brittlestem · Torth Felen
- Puccinia tumidaPuccinia tumida
- Dog's Mercury RustMelampsora populnea
- Clustered BrittlestemBritzelmayria multipedata2024
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare2024
Mistletoe · Pedunculate Oak · Frizzled Pincushion · Long-beaked Water Feather-moss · Silver Maple +22
- MistletoeViscum album2024
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
- Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
- Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum2024
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,419 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Mallard +31
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- 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
🐝Insects60 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Laburnum Leaf Miner · Black-tailed Skimmer · Orchestes alni · Pinalitus cervinus · Pogonocherus hispidus +55
- Laburnum Leaf MinerLeucoptera laburnella2025
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
- Orchestes alniOrchestes alni2025
- Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2024
- Pogonocherus hispidusPogonocherus hispidus2024
🍄Fungi4 species
springautumn
2025▾
Puccinia tumida · Dog's Mercury Rust · Clustered Brittlestem · Torth Felen
- Puccinia tumidaPuccinia tumida
- Dog's Mercury RustMelampsora populnea
- Clustered BrittlestemBritzelmayria multipedata2024
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare2024
Mistletoe · Pedunculate Oak · Frizzled Pincushion · Long-beaked Water Feather-moss · Silver Maple +22
- MistletoeViscum album2024
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
- Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
- Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum2024
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
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 pratense2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Wild 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 sepium2024Red OakQuercus rubra2024Red OakQuercus rubra2024Common ReedPhragmites australis2024Common ReedPhragmites australis2024Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024Events & activities nearby
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