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Rothley Park

6 ha

📷 Terry Sheppard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

Getting here

52.70522, -1.14346

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️School drop off zone 123m away — 16 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️School drop off zone 123m away — 16 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Grey Heron, Moorhen, Black-headed Gull +88 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Grey Heron, Moorhen, Black-headed Gull +88 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Herb-Robert, Common Nettle, Groundsel +26 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Herb-Robert, Common Nettle, Groundsel +26 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis form succinea, Common Carder Bee +36 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis form succinea, Common Carder Bee +36 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Common Orange Lichen, Violet Bramble Rust, Razor Strop Fungus +2 more · last seen 2026; Fungi — Common Orange Lichen, Violet Bramble Rust, Razor Strop Fungus +2 more · last seen 2026

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Leicestershire RoundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

National Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

98 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

Fosse2Cycling route

Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network

Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

NCN 6 Flood Diversion RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

Town Green Streetbridleway · 154 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 154 mPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

60,324 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

60,324 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumnwinter

2026

Magpie · Carrion Crow · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull · Mallard +49

MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great TitParus major2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CootFulica atra2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects8 species

spring

2026

Common Carder Bee · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Wood · Large Yellow Underwing +3

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Eucalyptus Gall WaspOphelimus maskelli
Pine Ladybird

🍄

Fungi3 species

winter

2026

Violet Bramble Rust · Razor Strop Fungus · Common Orange Lichen

Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina

🌿

Plants22 species

winter

2026

Common Nettle · Groundsel · Ivy · Petty Spurge · Herb-Robert +17

Common NettleUrtica dioica
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
IvyHedera helix
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
BalmMelissa officinalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

60,324 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumnwinter

2026

Magpie · Carrion Crow · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull · Mallard +49

MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great TitParus major2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CootFulica atra2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects8 species

spring

2026

Common Carder Bee · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Wood · Large Yellow Underwing +3

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Eucalyptus Gall WaspOphelimus maskelli
Pine Ladybird

🍄

Fungi3 species

winter

2026

Violet Bramble Rust · Razor Strop Fungus · Common Orange Lichen

Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina
Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina

🌿

Plants22 species

winter

2026

Common Nettle · Groundsel · Ivy · Petty Spurge · Herb-Robert +17

Common NettleUrtica dioica
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
IvyHedera helix
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
BalmMelissa officinalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Terry Sheppard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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