Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.89856, -2.93495
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Creme Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Creme Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, Syrphus, Marmalade Hoverfly +96 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cumbria WayWalking route118 km▾
Named routeLength 118 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Gretna to AllonbyWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
74 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Hadrian's Cycleway LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Cumbria CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Photos
Illuminated fountain, Hardwicke Circus
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
28,617 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,617 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspring
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Great Tit +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Platycheirus albimanus · Helina evecta · Eristalis pertinax +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Helina evectaHelina evecta
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Nebria brevicollis
Greater Snowdrop
- Greater SnowdropGalanthus elwesii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,617 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspring
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Great Tit +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Platycheirus albimanus · Helina evecta · Eristalis pertinax +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Helina evectaHelina evecta
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Nebria brevicollis
Greater Snowdrop
- Greater SnowdropGalanthus elwesii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nebria brevicollis
Nebria brevicollis
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysBrown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halysMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Events & activities nearby
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