Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome100 ha
Getting here
51.70228, -3.03107
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Hawker, Migrant Hawker, 7-spot Ladybird +23 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Winter Heliotrope, Elder +19 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
128 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network 466Cycling route▾
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Route 423Cycling route▾
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Route 466Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 466National Cycle Network
Route 492Cycling route▾
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Route 49Cycling route▾
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Afon Lwyd GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef ALGLocal cycle route
Photos
Nant y Gollen diversion, Pontypool Park
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
8,182 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,182 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Wren · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +41
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Black BrantBranta bernicla nigricans2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
🐝Insects15 species
wintersummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Viburnum Scale · Harlequin Ladybird · Azure Damselfly · Stenophylax permistus +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
- Orange Ladybird
Winter Heliotrope · Japanese Knotweed · Butterfly-bush · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Holly +12
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,182 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Wren · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +41
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Black BrantBranta bernicla nigricans2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
🐝Insects15 species
wintersummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Viburnum Scale · Harlequin Ladybird · Azure Damselfly · Stenophylax permistus +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
- Orange Ladybird
Winter Heliotrope · Japanese Knotweed · Butterfly-bush · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Holly +12
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025Norway Maple
Norway Maple
Acer platanoides2025
Acer platanoides2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025YewTaxus baccata2025YewTaxus baccata2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025WalnutJuglans regia2025WalnutJuglans regia2025RaspberryRubus idaeus2025RaspberryRubus idaeus2025Water BentPolypogon viridis2025Water BentPolypogon viridis2025Events & activities nearby
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