Castle Playing Fields
18 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
52.08544, 0.41646
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ 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
- 🛝Playground 132m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ 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
- 🛝Playground 132m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Goldfinch +51 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Goldfinch +51 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Grey Alder, Dandelion, Shepherd's-purse +104 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Sorrel Walkpublic footpath · 81 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 81 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Sorrel Walkpublic footpath · 35 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 35 mPath type: footway
School Lanepublic footpath · 367 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 367 mPath type: residential
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Allington Walkbridleway · 104 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 104 mPath type: residential
Castle Lanebridleway · 311 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 311 mPath type: residential
Eastern Avenuebridleway · 31 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 31 mPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
60,758 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
60,758 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Starling · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Badister bullatus · Leistus spinibarbis · Leistus rufomarginatus
- Badister bullatusBadister bullatus
- Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis
- Leistus rufomarginatusLeistus rufomarginatus
Dandelion · Sweet Violet · Goat Willow · Cherry Plum · Cowslip +10
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
60,758 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Starling · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Badister bullatus · Leistus spinibarbis · Leistus rufomarginatus
- Badister bullatusBadister bullatus
- Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis
- Leistus rufomarginatusLeistus rufomarginatus
Dandelion · Sweet Violet · Goat Willow · Cherry Plum · Cowslip +10
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Italian Lords-and-Ladies
Italian Lords-and-Ladies
Arum italicum
Arum italicum
Green HelleboreHelleborus viridisGreen HelleboreHelleborus viridisBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaGrey AlderAlnus incanaGrey AlderAlnus incanaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopiaSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia