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Northwood Park Rugby Football Ground

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.53923, -2.52785

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Magpie +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Magpie +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Rose Chafer +22 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Rose Chafer +22 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

The DramwayWalking route15 km

The route of a 19th century tramway that carried coal from Coalpit Heath down to the River Avon

Named routeLength 15 kmLocal walking route

Community Forest PathWalking route72 km

Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route

Frome Valley WalkwayWalking route29 km

Named routeRef FVWLength 29 kmLocal walking route

Jubilee Way (South Gloucestershire)Walking route27 km

Named routeRef JWSGLength 27 kmLocal walking route

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Cycling

32 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 41Cycling route

Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network

Avon CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Filton LinkCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Southmead QuietwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Concorde WayCycling route

Named routeRef CWLocal cycle route

Yate SpurCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

21,346 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,346 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

winter

2025

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin +28

MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GreenfinchChloris chloris
JayGarrulus glandarius
Common GullLarus canus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TealAnas crecca
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Palmate Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,346 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

winter

2025

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin +28

MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GreenfinchChloris chloris
JayGarrulus glandarius
Common GullLarus canus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TealAnas crecca
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Palmate Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ruth Riddle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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