Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.59734, -1.41473
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Shenton Station Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Shenton Station Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Jackdaw +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Jackdaw +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Common Orange Lichen, Ramalina farinacea, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. +19 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle, White-legged Damselfly +93 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Footpath T54Walking route▾
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Footpath T53Walking route▾
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Footpath T50Walking route▾
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Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Footpath U8Walking route▾
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11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.6 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 3.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route673 m▾
Named routeRef 52Length 673 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.2 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 5.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Meadow near Shenton Station, Leicestershire
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Ganoderma
Ganoderma
Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinusParrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinusSnowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineusSnowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineusShaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosaShaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosaParasolaParasolaParasolaParasolaHornbeamCarpinus betulusHornbeamCarpinus betulusField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseGreater Pond-sedgeCarex ripariaGreater Pond-sedgeCarex ripariaGooseberryRibes uva-crispaGooseberryRibes uva-crispaWater DockRumex hydrolapathumWater DockRumex hydrolapathumTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumYellow IrisIris pseudacorusYellow IrisIris pseudacorusWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataFalse Fox-sedgeCarex otrubaeFalse Fox-sedgeCarex otrubaeCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederacea