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Village Park

2 ha

📷 Thomas Nugent · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

55.84865, -4.53161

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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
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ 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
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Jackdaw +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Jackdaw +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 75

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Whithorn Way - a Glasgow Cathedral to GirvanWalking route

This creation is Glasgow Cathedral to Girvan. Any route from Girvan is a busy road with no shoulders. Bus/Train to Barrhill and continue to Whithorn, the spiritual home of Saint Ninian..

Named routeRef WW-aRegional walking route

Semple TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

57 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

Route 75Cycling route

Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network

Glasgow Airport Cycle RoutesCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

Paisley South Link RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route343 m

Named routeRef 7Length 343 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

12,675 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,675 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

autumnwinter

2026

Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin · Pied Wagtail · Blue Tit +43

JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025

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Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Hedgehog

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,675 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

autumnwinter

2026

Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin · Pied Wagtail · Blue Tit +43

JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Hedgehog

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Thomas Nugent · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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