Penygroes Welfare Park
1 ha
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.79989, -4.05354
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Heart of Wales Line TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 437Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 437National Cycle Network
Swiss Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route494 m▾
Named routeRef 47Length 494 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route255 m▾
Named routeRef 47Length 255 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route826 m▾
Named routeRef 47Length 826 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,756 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,756 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Swift · Robin · Jackdaw · House Sparrow · Starling +22
- SwiftApus apus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2019
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2019
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2021▾
Frog
🐝Insects28 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Dark Giant Horsefly · Lily Beetle · Fox Moth · Painted Lady · Marbled White Spot +23
- Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2021
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
- Fox MothMacrothylacia rubi2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Marbled White SpotProtodeltote pygarga2019
🌿Plants26 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Butterfly-bush · Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Montbretia · Himalayan Honeysuckle +21
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2023
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2023
- Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,756 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Swift · Robin · Jackdaw · House Sparrow · Starling +22
- SwiftApus apus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2019
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2019
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2021▾
Frog
🐝Insects28 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Dark Giant Horsefly · Lily Beetle · Fox Moth · Painted Lady · Marbled White Spot +23
- Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2021
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
- Fox MothMacrothylacia rubi2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Marbled White SpotProtodeltote pygarga2019
🌿Plants26 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Butterfly-bush · Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Montbretia · Himalayan Honeysuckle +21
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2023
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2023
- Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hypera rumicis
Hypera rumicis
Hypera rumicis
Hypera rumicis
Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariaeFigwort WeevilCionus scrophulariaeSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2021Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2021Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2020Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2020DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2019DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2019Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2019Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2019Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2019Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2019Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2019Pebble Hook-tipDrepana falcataria2019Pebble Hook-tipDrepana falcataria2019Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis2019Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2019Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Small Chocolate-tipClostera pigra2019Small Chocolate-tipClostera pigra20192022
2022
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2023Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2023Entire-leaved CotoneasterCotoneaster integrifolius2021Entire-leaved CotoneasterCotoneaster integrifolius2021Hollyberry CotoneasterCotoneaster bullatus2023Hollyberry CotoneasterCotoneaster bullatus2023Pendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataColtsfootTussilago farfara2024ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2024Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Least DuckweedLemna minuta2023Least DuckweedLemna minuta2023Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2021Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2021CotoneasterCotoneaster2021CotoneasterCotoneaster2021Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2021Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2021SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2021SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2021SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2021SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2021Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2019Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2019Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2019Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2019Events & activities nearby
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