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🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.72265, 0.46385
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Hive — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Hive — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Robin +65 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Robin +65 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Migrant Hawker, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Common Darter +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary CircleWalking route34 km▾
Named routeLength 34 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Pleasure Gardens WalkWalking route▾
Repton's WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hylands Estate Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hylands Lower Estate WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
71 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Great Waltham to City Centre Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route801 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 801 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route420 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 420 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
19,549 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,549 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Moorhen · Woodpigeon +34
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Cheilosia grossa · Ruddy Darter +2
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,549 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Moorhen · Woodpigeon +34
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Cheilosia grossa · Ruddy Darter +2
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025