Beckside Linear Park
102 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome102 ha
Getting here
53.54905, -0.64562
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦35+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 252m away — 3 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦35+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 252m away — 3 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Moorhen, Blackbird, Magpie +32 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Moorhen, Blackbird, Magpie +32 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Shepherd's-purse, Salad Burnet +27 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Isle of Axholme GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 169Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 169National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route120 m▾
Named routeLength 120 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route167 m▾
Named routeLength 167 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route323 m▾
Named routeLength 323 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route864 m▾
Named routeRef 169Length 864 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Small pond in Bottesford Beck Linear Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
13,883 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,883 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Blackbird · Magpie · Mallard · Woodpigeon +30
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Wool Carder Bee
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Shepherd's-purse · Salad Burnet · Red Dead-nettle · Bugloss +25
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- BuglossLycopsis arvensis2025
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,883 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Blackbird · Magpie · Mallard · Woodpigeon +30
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Wool Carder Bee
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Shepherd's-purse · Salad Burnet · Red Dead-nettle · Bugloss +25
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2025
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- BuglossLycopsis arvensis2025
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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