Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome40 ha
Getting here
51.52666, -3.11802
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, House Sparrow +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, House Sparrow +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Shrill Carder Bee, 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle +117 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Hemlock Water-dropwort +26 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
Rhymney River CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef Rhymney River CircularLocal walking route
Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkRegional walking route
Taff TrailWalking route88 km▾
Named routeLength 88 kmRegional walking route
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network
City Centre Hub (complete)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CCLocal cycle route
Rhymney TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef RTLocal cycle route
Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
Enfys 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 34Local cycle route
Cycleway 1 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CW1Local cycle route
Photos
Christmas Day about noon, play ground and roof tops
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
12,567 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,567 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Magpie · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Woodpigeon +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Nathusius's Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii
🐝Insects15 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Shrill Carder Bee · Hornet Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax · Common Blue Damselfly +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
🌿Plants9 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Wood Avens · White Willow · Snapdragon · Himalayan Honeysuckle +4
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- White WillowSalix alba2025
- SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025
- Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,567 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Magpie · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Woodpigeon +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Nathusius's Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii
🐝Insects15 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Shrill Carder Bee · Hornet Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax · Common Blue Damselfly +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
🌿Plants9 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Wood Avens · White Willow · Snapdragon · Himalayan Honeysuckle +4
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- White WillowSalix alba2025
- SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025
- Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Japanese Knotweed
Japanese Knotweed
Reynoutria japonica2025
Reynoutria japonica2025
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2025Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025