Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.47526, -0.92889
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Woodpigeon
- ☀️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
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Woodpigeon
- ☀️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
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Starling, Woodpigeon, Swift +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Starling, Woodpigeon, Swift +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Small Tortoiseshell, Dark-edged Bee-fly +121 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Black Nightshade, Selfheal, Pendulous Sedge +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brampton Valley WayCycling route▾
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route86 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 86 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
Main RouteCycling route817 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 817 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,699 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,699 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · House Sparrow · Robin · Dunnock · Kingfisher +32
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common GullLarus canus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Hedgehog · Water Shrew
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects51 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Rhamphus pulicarius · Vine's Rustic · Gatekeeper · Varied Carpet Beetle · Firethorn Leaf Miner +46
- Rhamphus pulicariusRhamphus pulicarius2025
- Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Firethorn Leaf MinerPhyllonorycter leucographella
Yellow Brain
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
Red Dead-nettle · Stinking Iris · Black Nightshade · Elder · Enchanter's-nightshade +12
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
- GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,699 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · House Sparrow · Robin · Dunnock · Kingfisher +32
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common GullLarus canus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Hedgehog · Water Shrew
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects51 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Rhamphus pulicarius · Vine's Rustic · Gatekeeper · Varied Carpet Beetle · Firethorn Leaf Miner +46
- Rhamphus pulicariusRhamphus pulicarius2025
- Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Firethorn Leaf MinerPhyllonorycter leucographella
Yellow Brain
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
Red Dead-nettle · Stinking Iris · Black Nightshade · Elder · Enchanter's-nightshade +12
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
- GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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