Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.90951, -3.48647
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Kingfisher
- 🍄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
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Kingfisher
- 🍄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 — Dipper, Kingfisher, Mallard +62 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Dipper, Kingfisher, Mallard +62 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Butter Waxcap, Parrot Waxcap, Ballerina +21 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Allodia ornaticollis, Mycetophila unicolor +106 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Counties WayWalking route90 km▾
A long distance walk of 56 miles (90km) from Taunton to Starcross on the Exe estuary.
Named routeRef TCWLength 90 kmRegional walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
Swan's NeckWalking route▾
Named routeRef SN
Impey WalkWalking route▾
Tiverton Tree TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTTLocal walking route
Park Hillpublic footpath · 144 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 144 mPath type: residential
Hit-or-Miss Alleypublic footpath · 50 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 50 mPath type: footway
Hit-or-Miss Alleypublic footpath · 8 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 8 mPath type: footway
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
UK:National Cycle Network - west boundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3National Cycle Network
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface blocks
Main RouteCycling route409 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 409 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route844 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 844 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
26,473 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
26,473 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Rock Dove · Herring Gull · Dipper · Jackdaw +35
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Large Red Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird · Platycheirus · Migrant Hawker +9
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,473 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Rock Dove · Herring Gull · Dipper · Jackdaw +35
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Large Red Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird · Platycheirus · Migrant Hawker +9
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimusWoundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimusSummer ChaferAmphimallon solstitialeSummer ChaferAmphimallon solstitialeRutpela maculataRutpela maculataRutpela maculataRutpela maculataCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisEvents & activities nearby
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