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Getting here
52.56703, -1.15472
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Moorhen
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Moorhen
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Moorhen, Magpie +30 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Moorhen, Magpie +30 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Willow Beauty, Shuttle-shaped Dart +176 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
63 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route57 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 57 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route30 m▾
Named routeLength 30 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Bridleway along Hospital Lane in Blaby
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Wildlife to spot
23,413 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,413 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Moorhen · Magpie · Goldfinch · Long-tailed Tit +28
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐝Insects62 species
springautumn
2026▾
Hebrew Character · Common Quaker · Small Quaker · Large Yellow Underwing · Clouded Drab +57
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
Blue Roundhead · False Chanterelle
- Blue RoundheadStropharia caerulea
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,413 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Moorhen · Magpie · Goldfinch · Long-tailed Tit +28
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐝Insects62 species
springautumn
2026▾
Hebrew Character · Common Quaker · Small Quaker · Large Yellow Underwing · Clouded Drab +57
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
Blue Roundhead · False Chanterelle
- Blue RoundheadStropharia caerulea
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciataDouble-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciataNovember Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2025November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2025Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2025Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2025Early GreyXylocampa areolaEarly GreyXylocampa areolaTurnip MothAgrotis segetum2025Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2025Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2025Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2025Oak BeautyBiston stratariaOak BeautyBiston stratariaWhite-pointMythimna albipuncta2025White-pointMythimna albipuncta2025Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2025Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2025Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2025Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2025Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2025Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2025Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2025Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2025Black RusticAporophyla nigra2025Black RusticAporophyla nigra2025Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2025Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2025Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2025Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataEarly ThornSelenia dentariaEarly ThornSelenia dentariaMulleinCucullia verbasciMulleinCucullia verbasciCommaPolygonia c-albumCommaPolygonia c-albumPeacockAglais ioPeacockAglais ioBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamniBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamniTwin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa mundaTwin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa mundaMarch TubicDiurnea fagellaMarch TubicDiurnea fagellaShoulder StripeEarophila badiataShoulder StripeEarophila badiataGolden DotStigmella aurellaGolden DotStigmella aurellaMarch MothAlsophila aesculariaMarch MothAlsophila aesculariaGrey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopusGrey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopusDotted BorderAgriopis marginariaDotted BorderAgriopis marginariaPale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosariaPale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosariaChestnutConistra vacciniiChestnutConistra vacciniiApion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025December MothPoecilocampa populi2025December MothPoecilocampa populi2025Winter MothOperophtera brumata2025Winter MothOperophtera brumata2025Aulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringii2025Aulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringii2025Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2025Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2025Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2025Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2025Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2025Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2025Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025Spruce CarpetThera britannica2025Spruce CarpetThera britannica2025Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2025Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2025Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella2025Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella2025Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2025Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2025Clancy's RusticCaradrina kadenii2025Clancy's RusticCaradrina kadenii2025Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2025Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2025Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2025Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2025Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2025Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2025Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2025Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2025Pterocomma salicisPterocomma salicis2025Pterocomma salicisPterocomma salicis2025Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2025Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2025Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2025Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2025Dewick's PlusiaMacdunnoughia confusa2025Dewick's PlusiaMacdunnoughia confusa2025Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2025Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2025Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2025Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2025Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2025Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2025Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata2025Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata2025Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2025Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2025