Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.52139, -1.29158
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Tufted Duck
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Tufted Duck
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝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 — Coot, Tufted Duck, Carrion Crow +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Coot, Tufted Duck, Carrion Crow +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Speckled Wood, Syrphus +421 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ragged-Robin, Bulrush, Coltsfoot +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Footpath V51Walking route▾
Named routeRef V51
Bridleway V53Walking route▾
Named routeRef V53
Bridleway V29Walking route▾
Named routeRef V29
Footpath V35Walking route▾
Named routeRef V35
Footpath U50Walking route▾
Named routeRef U50
Photos
The B4114 crosses the River Soar
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
62,925 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
62,925 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRed-legged Partridge · Grey Wagtail · Carrion Crow · Great Crested Grebe · Woodpigeon +13
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects152 species
summerautumn
2026▾
White-point · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Small Quaker · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Plume +147
- White-pointMythimna albipuncta2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla
- Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata
Parasola
Bulrush · False-acacia · Lucerne · Chicory · Blackthorn
- BulrushTypha latifolia
- False-acaciaRobinia pseudoacacia
- LucerneMedicago sativa subsp. sativa
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
62,925 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRed-legged Partridge · Grey Wagtail · Carrion Crow · Great Crested Grebe · Woodpigeon +13
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects152 species
summerautumn
2026▾
White-point · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Small Quaker · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Plume +147
- White-pointMythimna albipuncta2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla
- Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata
Parasola
Bulrush · False-acacia · Lucerne · Chicory · Blackthorn
- BulrushTypha latifolia
- False-acaciaRobinia pseudoacacia
- LucerneMedicago sativa subsp. sativa
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas