Lime Avenue and Edinburgh Drive Junior Play Area
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.67511, 0.16148
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝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 — Swift, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Hedgehog, Long-eared Bat species, Grey Squirrel +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Verrucaria, Chewing Gum Lichen, Physcia adscendens +90 more · last seen 2015
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Red Admiral +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Tindall Closepublic footpath · 105 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 105 mPath type: residential
Bath Roadpublic footpath · 42 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 42 mPath type: residential
66 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Norwich - Lincoln
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 King's Lynn to Boston
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route379 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 379 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route392 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 392 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route63 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wisbech - Edinburgh Drive
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Wildlife to spot
5,822 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,822 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
springsummer
2025▾
Green Woodpecker · Kestrel · Swift · Starling · House Sparrow +30
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2022
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Water Vole · Badger · Mole · Brown Hare +4
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red Fox
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Meadow Grasshopper · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird · Ivy Bee +34
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022
Blue Anemone · Wood Forget-me-not · Common Dog-violet · Alexanders · Cherry Laurel +12
- Blue AnemoneAnemone apennina
- Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,822 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
springsummer
2025▾
Green Woodpecker · Kestrel · Swift · Starling · House Sparrow +30
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2022
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Water Vole · Badger · Mole · Brown Hare +4
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red Fox
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Meadow Grasshopper · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird · Ivy Bee +34
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022
Blue Anemone · Wood Forget-me-not · Common Dog-violet · Alexanders · Cherry Laurel +12
- Blue AnemoneAnemone apennina
- Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Vulpes vulpes2023
Vulpes vulpes2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumPhyllobius virideaerisPhyllobius virideaerisPhyllobius virideaerisPhyllobius virideaeris24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataTurnip TigressAthalia rosae2024Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2023Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2023Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius2023Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius2023Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2023Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2023Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2023Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2023Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2023Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus202322-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202322-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2022Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2022Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2022Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2022Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Great Forget-me-notBrunnera macrophyllaGreat Forget-me-notBrunnera macrophyllaCreeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorumCreeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorumSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareBluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa2023Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa2023Spiked SedgeCarex spicata2023Spiked SedgeCarex spicata2023RamsonsAllium ursinum2023RamsonsAllium ursinum2023Hoary PlantainPlantago media2022Hoary PlantainPlantago media2022Large-flowered TickseedCoreopsis grandiflora2022Large-flowered TickseedCoreopsis grandiflora2022White Ramping-fumitoryFumaria capreolata2022White Ramping-fumitoryFumaria capreolata2022