Rogerstone Welfare Ground
27 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome27 ha
Getting here
51.59027, -3.06376
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦44+ 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 Glade Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦44+ 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 Glade Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Blackbird +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Blackbird +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Bush-cricket, Cuckoo-Spit Insect, Eristalis pertinax +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
Lodge Hill Circular WalkWalking route3.1 km▾
Named routeLength 3.1 kmLocal walking route
Rhymney River CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef Rhymney River CircularLocal walking route
Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkRegional walking route
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
200 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network
Link to NCN 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 465Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 465National Cycle Network
Rhymney Trail (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NCN468 (Proposed)Local cycle route
NCN Link RouteCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Link to The Celtic TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
CafallMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Twrch TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
Cricket pavilion, Rogerstone Welfare Ground
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
21,363 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,363 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Dendrocopos major anglicusDendrocopos major anglicus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Bush-cricket · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Eristalis pertinax · Scaeva pyrastri · 7-spot Ladybird +41
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin Ladybird
🌿Plants11 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Japanese Knotweed · Tutsan · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Ivy · Shepherd's-purse +6
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- IvyHedera helix
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,363 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Dendrocopos major anglicusDendrocopos major anglicus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Bush-cricket · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Eristalis pertinax · Scaeva pyrastri · 7-spot Ladybird +41
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin Ladybird
🌿Plants11 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Japanese Knotweed · Tutsan · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Ivy · Shepherd's-purse +6
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- IvyHedera helix
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia axyridis2025
Harmonia axyridis2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2024Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2024Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025NebriaNebria2025NebriaNebria2025Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025DolerusDolerus2025DolerusDolerus2025Saddleback Grass-cutterEutomostethus ephippium2025Saddleback Grass-cutterEutomostethus ephippium2025Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Hydrotaea diabolusHydrotaea diabolus2025Hydrotaea diabolusHydrotaea diabolus2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2025Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2025Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025TenthredoTenthredo2025TenthredoTenthredo2025Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025BlennocampinaeBlennocampinae2025BlennocampinaeBlennocampinae2025Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2025Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2024Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2024Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2024Common Rose FusehornArge pagana202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024Foxglove
Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea2025
Digitalis purpurea2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica2025Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica2025Events & activities nearby
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