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Pickard Recreation Ground

📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifePitchesFungi
Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

52.62671, -1.29736

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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
  • ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
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Best for

11 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Playing fields

Playing field

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Snowy Inkcap, Parrot Waxcap, Meadow Waxcap +26 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Snowy Inkcap, Parrot Waxcap, Meadow Waxcap +26 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — White Dead-nettle, Dandelion, Cow Parsley +264 more · last seen 2026; Plants — White Dead-nettle, Dandelion, Cow Parsley +264 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Rhinocyllus conicus, Yellow Shell, Green Nettle Weevil +181 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Rhinocyllus conicus, Yellow Shell, Green Nettle Weevil +181 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Kingfisher, Blackcap, Green Woodpecker +46 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Kingfisher, Blackcap, Green Woodpecker +46 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Little Lanepublic footpath · 87 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 87 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
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Cycling

32 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route19 m
Named routeRef 63Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route424 m
Named routeRef 63Length 424 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km
Named routeRef 63Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km
Named routeRef 63Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

The Bull's Head, Desford

📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Bull's Head, Desford

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Kirby Muxloe Bowls ClubUrban park4.5 km→🌱Ferndale ParkUrban park4.9 km→🌱Pickard Recreation GroundUrban park0 m→🌱Tropical Bird GardenUrban park600 m→🐄Leedham Farm shopVisitor farm2.1 km→✦Old Hays moated site and associated manorial earthworks, RatbyHistoric site3.4 km→

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