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🧺Picnic🛝Family🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
51.53462, -2.57594
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 122m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 122m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Rose Chafer, Marmalade Hoverfly +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Bristol Triangular City WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Community Forest PathWalking route72 km▾
Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route
Frome Valley WalkwayWalking route29 km▾
Named routeRef FVWLength 29 kmLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Aust to Brean DownWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Coniston Roadpublic footpath · 158 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 158 mSurface asphaltPath type: tertiary
Coniston Roadpublic footpath · 61 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 61 mSurface asphaltPath type: tertiary
Blakeney Roadpublic footpath · 164 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 164 mPath type: residential
87 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
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
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Photos
Play area, Norman Scott Park, Patchway
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
29,576 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,576 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Wren · Magpie · Carrion Crow +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects15 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Viburnum Scale · Opomyza florum · Harlequin Ladybird +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
- Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Smooth Sow-thistle · Hoary Willowherb · Annual Meadow-grass · Groundsel · Sea Mouse-ear +9
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Sea Mouse-earCerastium diffusum
- Fringed PearlwortSagina filicaulis
- Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,576 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Wren · Magpie · Carrion Crow +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects15 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Viburnum Scale · Opomyza florum · Harlequin Ladybird +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
- Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Smooth Sow-thistle · Hoary Willowherb · Annual Meadow-grass · Groundsel · Sea Mouse-ear +9
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Sea Mouse-earCerastium diffusum
- Fringed PearlwortSagina filicaulis
- Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marmalade Hoverfly
Marmalade Hoverfly
Episyrphus balteatus2025
Episyrphus balteatus2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis