Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.53023, -2.61415
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
⛺Campsite🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Robin +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Robin +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, Bombus lucorum, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Zoo or animal collection nearby; Farm attraction nearby
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Frome Valley WalkwayWalking route29 km▾
Named routeRef FVWLength 29 kmLocal walking route
Bristol Triangular City WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Community Forest PathWalking route72 km▾
Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
River Avon TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RATRegional walking route
127 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Concorde WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CWLocal cycle route
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Filton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Downs WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef DWLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
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Sanctuary Garden, Wild Place
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
17,751 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,751 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Greenfinch +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Meadow Plant Bug · Polydrusus formosus · Harlequin Ladybird +15
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Wall Screw-moss
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,751 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Greenfinch +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Meadow Plant Bug · Polydrusus formosus · Harlequin Ladybird +15
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Wall Screw-moss
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas