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🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.76283, -0.88774
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Storehouse At The Fox — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Storehouse At The Fox — 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🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Crepidotus, Coesyn Melfed, Ganoderma +15 more · last seen 2026
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route232 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 232 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route687 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 687 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route24 m▾
Named routeLength 24 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Play Close Park, Melton Mowbray
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
114,437 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
114,437 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Treecreeper · Goldfinch · Collared Dove · Reed Bunting +7
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Hebrew Character · Clouded Drab · Common Plume · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Hairy-footed Flower Bee +50
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Common Quaker
Wood Anemone · Cow Parsley · Green Alkanet · daffodils · Lungwort +16
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- daffodilsNarcissus
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- WallflowerErysimum cheiri
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
114,437 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Treecreeper · Goldfinch · Collared Dove · Reed Bunting +7
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Hebrew Character · Clouded Drab · Common Plume · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Hairy-footed Flower Bee +50
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Common Quaker
Wood Anemone · Cow Parsley · Green Alkanet · daffodils · Lungwort +16
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- daffodilsNarcissus
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- WallflowerErysimum cheiri
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Orthosia cerasi
Orthosia cerasi
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorPeacockAglais ioPeacockAglais io7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumAgonopterixAgonopterixAgonopterixAgonopterixHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisBrindled BeautyLycia hirtariaBrindled BeautyLycia hirtariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamniBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamniMarch TubicDiurnea fagellaMarch TubicDiurnea fagellaLarge Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronubaLarge Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronubaVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciShoulder StripeEarophila badiataShoulder StripeEarophila badiataLight Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittanaLight Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittanaEarly ThornSelenia dentariaEarly ThornSelenia dentariaCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumEarly GreyXylocampa areolaEarly GreyXylocampa areolaEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaSitonaSitonaSitonaSitonaDotted BorderAgriopis marginariaDotted BorderAgriopis marginariaSepsisSepsisSepsisSepsisSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorumHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleTwo-spotted Carpet BeetleAttagenus pellioTwo-spotted Carpet BeetleAttagenus pellioIndet. MothflyPsychodidaeIndet. MothflyPsychodidaePlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusIchneumon stramentorIchneumon stramentorIchneumon stramentorIchneumon stramentorEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusEctopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticae10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaCommaPolygonia c-albumCommaPolygonia c-albumAngle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosaAngle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosaCommon Brindled BrownAgonopterix heraclianaCommon Brindled BrownAgonopterix heraclianaGolden DotStigmella aurellaGolden DotStigmella aurellaFirethorn Leaf MinerPhyllonorycter leucographellaFirethorn Leaf MinerPhyllonorycter leucographellaSilver FishLepisma saccharinumSilver FishLepisma saccharinum24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaSpring StarflowerTristagma uniflorumSpring StarflowerTristagma uniflorumLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaBulrushTypha latifoliaBulrushTypha latifoliaWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumDanish ScurvygrassCochlearia danicaDanish ScurvygrassCochlearia danicaLenten-roseHelleborus orientalisLenten-roseHelleborus orientalisGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumForsythiaForsythiaForsythiaForsythiaIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaEvents & activities nearby
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