Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome34 ha
Getting here
52.83439, -1.18232
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +71 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +71 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Lily Beetle +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Dune Thread-moss, Silver-moss, Cuspidate Earth-moss +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Bunny Old Wood Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Erewash Valley TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Rushcliffe Country Park 10km CourseWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Erewash Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Clifton <> KegworthCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Lantern Lanebyway open to all traffic · 144 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 144 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Lantern Lanebyway open to all traffic · 121 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 121 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Lantern Lanebyway open to all traffic · 179 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 179 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Photos
Masonry remains by the brook, Meadow Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,811 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,811 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Blackbird · Dunnock · Blue Tit · Robin +25
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RavenCorvus corax
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus · Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Glischrochilus hortensis · Cantharis nigricans +8
- Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Glischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensis
- Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Red Fescue · Pepper-saxifrage · Meadow Barley · Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoil · Hawthorn +82
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus
- Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum
- Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus tenuis
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common PottiaTortula truncata
- Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,811 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Blackbird · Dunnock · Blue Tit · Robin +25
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RavenCorvus corax
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus · Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Glischrochilus hortensis · Cantharis nigricans +8
- Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Glischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensis
- Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Red Fescue · Pepper-saxifrage · Meadow Barley · Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoil · Hawthorn +82
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus
- Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum
- Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus tenuis
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common PottiaTortula truncata
- Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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