Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
52.71025, -2.75067
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Groundskeeper — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Groundskeeper — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Starling +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: COUNCIL HOUSE GATEHOUSE AND GATEWAY; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Starling +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 134 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shropshire Way - stage 01Walking route24.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW01Length 24.1 kmLocal walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 10Walking route18.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW10Length 18.1 kmLocal walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 11Walking route18.6 km▾
Named routeRef ShW11Length 18.6 kmLocal walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 15Walking route21.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW15Length 21.1 kmLocal walking route
Severn Way (2) Shrewsbury to WorcesterWalking route93 km▾
Named routeRef SW (2)Length 93 kmRegional walking route
Coffee House Passagepublic footpath · 19 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 19 mPath type: footway
Gullet Passagepublic footpath · 9 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 9 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: footway
King's Head Passagepublic footpath · 11 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 11 mPath type: footway
78 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Route 44Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 44National Cycle Network
National Byway (Shropshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route in Shropshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 81Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network
National Byway (Herefordshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Herefordshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route99 m▾
Named routeRef 81Length 99 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Statue of Mary Webb outside Shrewsbury Library
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Wildlife to spot
66,802 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
66,802 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Rock Dove · Starling +36
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Soprano Pipistrelle · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat +1
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Box Bug · Dock Bug · Pine Ladybird +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Juniper Shieldbug
🌿Plants9 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Hart's-Tongue · Giant Herb-Robert · Mind-your-own-business · Greater Honeywort · Guernsey Fleabane +4
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- Giant Herb-RobertGeranium maderense
- Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
- Greater HoneywortCerinthe major
- Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
66,802 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Rock Dove · Starling +36
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Soprano Pipistrelle · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat +1
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Box Bug · Dock Bug · Pine Ladybird +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Juniper Shieldbug
🌿Plants9 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Hart's-Tongue · Giant Herb-Robert · Mind-your-own-business · Greater Honeywort · Guernsey Fleabane +4
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- Giant Herb-RobertGeranium maderense
- Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
- Greater HoneywortCerinthe major
- Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cyphostethus tristriatus
Cyphostethus tristriatus
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicumSpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata2025SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata2025Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025