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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
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Getting here
52.77885, -1.19795
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Gourmet Coffee Bar & Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Gourmet Coffee Bar & Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat., Physcia tenella +12 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 public path nearby
Public paths
H94public footpath · 901 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 901 mPath type: footway
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
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Hathern <> KegworthCycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route▾
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
30,670 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,670 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Wagtail · Moorhen · Gadwall · Robin · Carrion Crow +17
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Cloeon dipterum · Harlequin Ladybird · Vine's Rustic · Swallow-tailed Moth · Riband Wave +104
- Cloeon dipterumCloeon dipterum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua
- Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria
- Riband WaveIdaea aversata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella · Phacidium lauri · Lecidella elaeochroma
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
- Phacidium lauriPhacidium lauri
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
Common Chickweed · Hairy Bitter-cress · Red Dead-nettle · Mistletoe · Purple-loosestrife +15
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
- Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,670 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Wagtail · Moorhen · Gadwall · Robin · Carrion Crow +17
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Cloeon dipterum · Harlequin Ladybird · Vine's Rustic · Swallow-tailed Moth · Riband Wave +104
- Cloeon dipterumCloeon dipterum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua
- Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria
- Riband WaveIdaea aversata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella · Phacidium lauri · Lecidella elaeochroma
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
- Phacidium lauriPhacidium lauri
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
Common Chickweed · Hairy Bitter-cress · Red Dead-nettle · Mistletoe · Purple-loosestrife +15
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
- Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill
Geranium molle2025
Geranium molle2025
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025Upright Hedge BedstrawGalium album subsp. erectum2025Upright Hedge BedstrawGalium album subsp. erectum2025WalnutJuglans regia2025WalnutJuglans regia2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025