Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
52.57862, -1.16095
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Jenno's Coffee House — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Jenno's Coffee House — 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Banded Demoiselle, Blue-tailed Damselfly +88 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Dandelion, Cleavers, Groundsel +100 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
The Jittypublic footpath · 329 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 329 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
74 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Inner RingwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Inner RingwayLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
War Memorial in Northfield Park, Blaby
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
21,867 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,867 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Jackdaw · Magpie +38
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Myotis Bat species · Noctule +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Peacock · Speckled Bush-cricket +17
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- PeacockAglais io
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
🍄Fungi2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Shaggy Bracket · Pear Rust
- Shaggy BracketInonotus hispidus
- Pear RustGymnosporangium sabinae
🌿Plants16 species
springsummer
2026▾
Wood Avens · Lesser Celandine · Great Mullein · Fat-hen · Petty Spurge +11
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025
- Fat-henChenopodium album2025
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
- Pedunculate Oak
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,867 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Jackdaw · Magpie +38
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Myotis Bat species · Noctule +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Peacock · Speckled Bush-cricket +17
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- PeacockAglais io
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
🍄Fungi2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Shaggy Bracket · Pear Rust
- Shaggy BracketInonotus hispidus
- Pear RustGymnosporangium sabinae
🌿Plants16 species
springsummer
2026▾
Wood Avens · Lesser Celandine · Great Mullein · Fat-hen · Petty Spurge +11
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025
- Fat-henChenopodium album2025
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
- Pedunculate Oak
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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BatChiroptera2025BatChiroptera20252025
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Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Aquarius paludumAquarius paludum2025Aquarius paludumAquarius paludum2025Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2025Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2025Shining Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter klemannella2025Shining Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter klemannella2025Poplar Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter comparella2025Poplar Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter comparella2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2025Knopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamic2025Knopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamic2025Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2025Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2025Oak-apple CauserBiorhiza pallida f. sexual2025Oak-apple CauserBiorhiza pallida f. sexual2025Andricus kollari/infectorius f. agamicAndricus kollari/infectorius f. agamic2025Andricus kollari/infectorius f. agamicAndricus kollari/infectorius f. agamic2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2025CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2025Tipula oleraceaTipula oleracea2025Tipula oleraceaTipula oleracea2025Quercus robur2025
Quercus robur2025
Tubular Water-dropwortOenanthe fistulosa2025Tubular Water-dropwortOenanthe fistulosa2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Yellow-flowered StrawberryPotentilla indica2025Yellow-flowered StrawberryPotentilla indica2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025