Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.11411, -4.08239
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Grey Heron
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Town Hall Cafe Deli — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Grey Heron
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Town Hall Cafe Deli — 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
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Grey Heron, Wigeon +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Grey Heron, Wigeon +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Peacock, Red Admiral +84 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network National Route 82Cycling route▾
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Named routeRef 82Length 333 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route8.7 km▾
Named routeRef 82Length 8.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,798 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,798 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Blackbird · Song Thrush · Wigeon · Woodpigeon +42
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great White EgretArdea alba2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Pine Marten
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Sericomyia silentis · Dor Beetle · a weevil · Trioza centranthi
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Dor BeetleGeotrupes2024
- a weevilCurculionidae2024
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2024
🌿Plants7 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Himalayan Balsam · Common Whitlowgrass · Groundsel · Lady's-mantle · Pale Toadflax +2
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Lady's-mantleAlchemilla vulgaris2025
- Pale ToadflaxLinaria repens2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,798 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Blackbird · Song Thrush · Wigeon · Woodpigeon +42
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great White EgretArdea alba2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Pine Marten
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Sericomyia silentis · Dor Beetle · a weevil · Trioza centranthi
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Dor BeetleGeotrupes2024
- a weevilCurculionidae2024
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2024
🌿Plants7 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Himalayan Balsam · Common Whitlowgrass · Groundsel · Lady's-mantle · Pale Toadflax +2
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Lady's-mantleAlchemilla vulgaris2025
- Pale ToadflaxLinaria repens2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Maidenhair Spleenwort
Maidenhair Spleenwort
Asplenium trichomanes2024
Asplenium trichomanes2024
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023