Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.13690, 0.88183
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦111+ 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
- ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦111+ 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
- ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝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 — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Herring Gull +108 more · last seen 2026
Free
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Rabbit, Red Fox +13 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hornet Hoverfly, 2-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
Fens & Dragonflys WalkWalking route▾
Bogs & Giants WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Sundews & Views WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
93 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Brimstone TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Comma TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Orange Tip TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Peacock TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
31,544 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,544 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Wren +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
🦌Mammals11 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Nathusius's Pipistrelle +6
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
- Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2025
- Soprano Pipistrelle
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐝Insects23 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Hornet Hoverfly · 2-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Willow Disc-miner +18
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Willow Disc-minerHeterarthrus microcephalus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,544 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Wren +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
🦌Mammals11 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Nathusius's Pipistrelle +6
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
- Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2025
- Soprano Pipistrelle
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐝Insects23 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Hornet Hoverfly · 2-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Willow Disc-miner +18
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Willow Disc-minerHeterarthrus microcephalus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Feral CatFelis catus2025Feral CatFelis catus2025Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2025Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025Tipula paludosa
Tipula paludosa
Tipula paludosa2025
Tipula paludosa2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Scaptomyza flavaScaptomyza flava2025Scaptomyza flavaScaptomyza flava2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Small Raspberry Mining SawflyMetallus pumilus2025Small Raspberry Mining SawflyMetallus pumilus2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Orthotrichia costalisOrthotrichia costalis2025Orthotrichia costalisOrthotrichia costalis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Curved Birch Mining SawflyScolioneura betuleti2025Curved Birch Mining SawflyScolioneura betuleti2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Marginal Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus fiora2025Marginal Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus fiora2025Events & activities nearby
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