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🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.76281, -3.78806
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Chaffinch
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Asda Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Chaffinch
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Asda Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Robin +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Robin +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Hydropsyche siltalai, Limnius volckmari +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Cherry Laurel, Himalayan Balsam +27 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
St Illtyd's WalkWalking route103 km▾
Named routeLength 103 kmRegional walking route
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 437Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 437National Cycle Network
NCR 437 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 437National Cycle Network
Route 43Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 43National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.7 km▾
Named routeRef 43Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route86 m▾
Named routeRef 43Length 86 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route344 m▾
Named routeRef 43Length 344 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Ruins of Ystalyfera Iron Works
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Wildlife to spot
6,570 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,570 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummer
2026▾
House Sparrow · Robin · Swift · Dipper · Woodpigeon +34
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
🦌Mammals1 species
springwinter
2025▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
Common Darter · Lagria hirta · Vine Weevil · Dark Giant Horsefly · White-tailed Bumblebee +10
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2023
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2022
- Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus
- White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
🌿Plants15 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Cotoneaster · Rhododendron · Himalayan Balsam · Common Cow-wheat +10
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii2022
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2022
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
- Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,570 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummer
2026▾
House Sparrow · Robin · Swift · Dipper · Woodpigeon +34
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
🦌Mammals1 species
springwinter
2025▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
Common Darter · Lagria hirta · Vine Weevil · Dark Giant Horsefly · White-tailed Bumblebee +10
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2023
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2022
- Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus
- White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
🌿Plants15 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Cotoneaster · Rhododendron · Himalayan Balsam · Common Cow-wheat +10
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii2022
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2022
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
- Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marsh-bedstraw
Marsh-bedstraw
Galium palustre2022
Galium palustre2022
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2022Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2022Bent GrassAgrostis2022Bent GrassAgrostis2022EyebrightEuphrasia2022EyebrightEuphrasia2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022RagwortSenecio2022RagwortSenecio2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022