Market Harborough Leisure Centre Playing Fields
14 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
52.46667, -0.91975
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Peregrine
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 157m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Peregrine
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 157m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Starling, Peregrine, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Starling, Peregrine, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Hawker, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Small Tortoiseshell +97 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Black Nightshade, Lesser Celandine +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brampton Valley WayCycling route▾
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route86 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 86 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
Main RouteCycling route817 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 817 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Harborough Leisure Centre
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,216 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,216 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Robin · Dunnock · House Sparrow · Magpie +34
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Hedgehog · Water Shrew
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
Varied Carpet Beetle · Firethorn Leaf Miner · Obolodiplosis robiniae · Juniper Carpet · Lesser Alder Leaf-miner +20
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Firethorn Leaf MinerPhyllonorycter leucographella
- Obolodiplosis robiniaeObolodiplosis robiniae2025
- Juniper CarpetThera juniperata2025
- Lesser Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter stettinensis2025
- House-flyMusca domestica
Yellow Brain
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
Elder · Red Dead-nettle · Stinking Iris · Hogweed · Hard Rush +50
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,216 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Robin · Dunnock · House Sparrow · Magpie +34
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Hedgehog · Water Shrew
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
Varied Carpet Beetle · Firethorn Leaf Miner · Obolodiplosis robiniae · Juniper Carpet · Lesser Alder Leaf-miner +20
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Firethorn Leaf MinerPhyllonorycter leucographella
- Obolodiplosis robiniaeObolodiplosis robiniae2025
- Juniper CarpetThera juniperata2025
- Lesser Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter stettinensis2025
- House-flyMusca domestica
Yellow Brain
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
Elder · Red Dead-nettle · Stinking Iris · Hogweed · Hard Rush +50
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2025Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2025Black RusticAporophyla nigra2025Black RusticAporophyla nigra2025Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2025Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2025Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2025Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2025Treble-barAplocera plagiata2025Treble-barAplocera plagiata2025Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2025Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2025Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2025Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2025Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2025Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Sheep-strike GreenbottleLucilia sericata2025Sheep-strike GreenbottleLucilia sericata2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2025Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2025Bristly Oxtongue
Bristly Oxtongue
Helminthotheca echioides2025
Helminthotheca echioides2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2025Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Curled DockRumex crispus2025Curled DockRumex crispus2025Common CouchElymus repens2025Common CouchElymus repens2025Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea2025Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2025Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2025Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Events & activities nearby
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