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Parc Glan yr Afon

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

51.59015, -3.17743

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 53m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 53m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Pochard, Robin, Great Tit +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pochard, Robin, Great Tit +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Network Route 4

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Syrphus, Sphaerophoria +6 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Syrphus, Sphaerophoria +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cambrian WayWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

Rhymney River CircularWalking route

Named routeRef Rhymney River CircularLocal walking route

Forge WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkWalking route

Named routeRef Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

135 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route

Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network

Link to NCN 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

Aber Valley Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 475National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 465Cycling route

Named routeRef 465National Cycle Network

Rhymney Trail (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef NCN468 (Proposed)Local cycle route

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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

CafallMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Twrch TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

12,249 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,249 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

autumnwinter

2026

Pochard · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Wren · Carrion Crow +36

PochardAythya ferina
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
GarganeySpatula querquedula2025

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Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Feral CatFelis catus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,249 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

autumnwinter

2026

Pochard · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Wren · Carrion Crow +36

PochardAythya ferina
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
GarganeySpatula querquedula2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Feral CatFelis catus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jaggery · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

BP garage and Spar shop at the eastern boundary of Trethomas

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