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Newhall Park

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

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52.78394, -1.57706

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePicnic spotPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Black-headed Gull +43 more · last seen 2025

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Black-headed Gull +43 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Speckled Wood, Large White +27 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Ivanhoe WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

National Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Sunnysidepublic footpath · 273 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 273 mPath type: residential

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Cycling

109 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network

Conkers CircuitCycling route

Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route28 m

Named routeRef 63Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route379 m

Named routeRef 54Length 379 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route96 m

Named routeLength 96 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Shell Brook TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRef Shell Brook TrailRound tripLocal cycle route

Family Forest Trail (Yellow)Mountain bike route

Named routeRef Family Forest TrailRound trip

Wildlife to spot

20,674 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

20,674 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants129 species

winterspring

2026

Garlic Mustard · White Clover · Pendulous Sedge · Broad-leaved Dock · Sticky Mouse-ear +124

Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
White CloverTrifolium repens
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
CleaversGalium aparine
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
DandelionTaraxacum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Curled DockRumex crispus
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
DaisyBellis perennis
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Common ChickweedStellaria media
HazelCorylus avellana
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Silver BirchBetula pendula
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
BroomCytisus scoparius
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
WeldReseda luteola
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
NipplewortLapsana communis
Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
LaurustinusViburnum tinus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Winter JasmineJasminum nudiflorum
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Stellaria mediaStellaria media
Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
IvyHedera helix
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
ElderSambucus nigra
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Common VetchVicia sativa
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Narrow-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus sylvestris
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
daffodilsNarcissus
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
Common CouchElymus repens
BulrushTypha latifolia
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

20,674 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants129 species

winterspring

2026

Garlic Mustard · White Clover · Pendulous Sedge · Broad-leaved Dock · Sticky Mouse-ear +124

Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
White CloverTrifolium repens
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
CleaversGalium aparine
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
DandelionTaraxacum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Curled DockRumex crispus
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
DaisyBellis perennis
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Common ChickweedStellaria media
HazelCorylus avellana
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Silver BirchBetula pendula
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
BroomCytisus scoparius
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
WeldReseda luteola
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
NipplewortLapsana communis
Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
LaurustinusViburnum tinus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Winter JasmineJasminum nudiflorum
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Stellaria mediaStellaria media
Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
IvyHedera helix
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
ElderSambucus nigra
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Common VetchVicia sativa
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Narrow-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus sylvestris
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
daffodilsNarcissus
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
Common CouchElymus repens
BulrushTypha latifolia
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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