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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.69497, -2.21859
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Canteen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Canteen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large Blue, Limnephilus lunatus +130 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Walk Around Stroud (The WAS Way)Walking route▾
Named routeRef WASRound tripLocal walking route
Woodchester Blue TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wheelchair Accessible (Thames & Severn Way)Walking route▾
Wheelchair accessible towpath diversion around steps at Bowbridge Lock, officially signposted
Named routeRef (T&S W)Point-to-pointRegional walking route
The Ladderpublic footpath · 179 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 179 mPath type: track
Gunbarrel Alleypublic footpath · 120 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 120 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
The Ladderpublic footpath · 153 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 153 mPath type: track
40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Mercian Way (Stroud branch)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (45)National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route817 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 817 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 45Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
31,561 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,561 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +37
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- RavenCorvus corax
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Rabbit · Otter
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- OtterLutra lutra
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Limnephilus lunatus · Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Mystacides longicornis · Large Red Damselfly +49
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Stenophylax permistus
Pointed Spear-moss
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,561 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +37
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- RavenCorvus corax
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Rabbit · Otter
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- OtterLutra lutra
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Limnephilus lunatus · Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Mystacides longicornis · Large Red Damselfly +49
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Stenophylax permistus
Pointed Spear-moss
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Stenophylax permistus
Stenophylax permistus
Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2025Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2025HydropsycheHydropsyche2025HydropsycheHydropsyche2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025SimuliumSimuliumSimuliumSimuliumDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Halesus digitatusHalesus digitatus2025Halesus digitatusHalesus digitatus2025Limnephilus flavicornisLimnephilus flavicornis2025Limnephilus flavicornisLimnephilus flavicornis2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2025Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2025PotamophylaxPotamophylax2025PotamophylaxPotamophylax2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025LygusLygus2025LygusLygus2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2025Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2025Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2025Callicorixa praeustaCallicorixa praeusta2025Callicorixa praeustaCallicorixa praeusta2025Allygus mixtusAllygus mixtus2025Allygus mixtusAllygus mixtus2025Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2025Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2025Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2025Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2025Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens2025Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025