Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.78228, -0.41573
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Secret Garden Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Secret Garden Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Nettle Groundbug, Harlequin Ladybird +9 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to Hull)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Humber Bridge to EasingtonWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Wilberforce WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
High Hunsley CircuitWalking route39 km▾
Named routeLength 39 kmLocal walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Hull to HornseaWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Bacon Garth Lanepublic footpath · 223 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 223 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Footpath 21public footpath · 204 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 204 mSurface groundPath type: footway
Footpath 21public footpath · 144 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 144 mPath type: footway
96 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TPTNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 164 (south)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 164National Cycle Network
NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Photos
Cottingham Memorial Gardens
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
181,684 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
181,684 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Magpie · Robin +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- TealAnas crecca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Nettle Groundbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Norellia spinipes · Dark-edged Bee-fly +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
181,684 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Magpie · Robin +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- TealAnas crecca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Nettle Groundbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Norellia spinipes · Dark-edged Bee-fly +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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