Memorial Recreation Ground
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
51.31053, -2.82889
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
⛺Campsite🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Goldfinch +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Goldfinch +61 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +83 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Playing field
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 46 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Samaritans Way South WestWalking route166 km▾
Named routeLength 166 kmRegional walking route
West Mendip WayWalking route48 km▾
Named routeRef WMWLength 48 kmRegional walking route
The Butcombe TrailWalking route74 km▾
Named routeRef BUTLength 74 kmRegional walking route
The Mendip TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef MTRegional walking route
Limestone LinkWalking route58 km▾
Named routeRef LLLength 58 kmRegional walking route
Rockeries Drivepublic footpath · 164 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 164 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Hillyfieldspublic footpath · 71 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 71 mPath type: residential
Wheelchair access to sladers leighpublic footpath · 7 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mSurface dirtPath type: footway
40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 26 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Strawberry LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 26Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route66 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 66 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route113 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 113 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
10 public paths nearby
Public paths
Yadley Lanebridleway · 488 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 488 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Yadley Lanebridleway · 64 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 64 mPath type: residential
Yadley Waybridleway · 89 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 89 mPath type: residential
Yadley Lanebridleway · 257 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 257 mPath type: residential
Fullers Lanebridleway · 342 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 342 mPath type: residential
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
30,760 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,760 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedwing · House Sparrow · Goldfinch · Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker +33
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
Oedemera femoralis · Nebria brevicollis · Brown Soft-scale · Western Conifer Seed Bug
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
- Brown Soft-scaleCoccus hesperidum
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
Bittersweet · Canadian Fleabane · Smooth Sow-thistle · Centaurea nigra · Guelder-rose +56
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
- CowslipPrimula veris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,760 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedwing · House Sparrow · Goldfinch · Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker +33
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
Oedemera femoralis · Nebria brevicollis · Brown Soft-scale · Western Conifer Seed Bug
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
- Brown Soft-scaleCoccus hesperidum
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
Bittersweet · Canadian Fleabane · Smooth Sow-thistle · Centaurea nigra · Guelder-rose +56
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
- CowslipPrimula veris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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