Plan your visit
🦅 Birds🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Getting here
52.71072, -2.74941
Open directionsv Shrewsbury Castle is a red sandstone castle in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It stands on a hill in the neck of the meander of the River Severn on which the town originally developed. The castle, directly above Shrewsbury railway station, is a Grade I listed building.
Read more on Wikipedia → Castle scheduled monument c. 1070
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Starbucks — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Starbucks — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Starling +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
✦ Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: SHREWSBURY CASTLE; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Starling +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 129 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Shropshire Way - stage 01 Walking route 24.1 km ▾
Named route Ref ShW01 Length 24.1 km Local walking route
Show on map Shropshire Way - stage 10 Walking route 18.1 km ▾
Named route Ref ShW10 Length 18.1 km Local walking route
Show on map Shropshire Way - stage 11 Walking route 18.6 km ▾
Named route Ref ShW11 Length 18.6 km Local walking route
Show on map Shropshire Way - stage 15 Walking route 21.1 km ▾
Named route Ref ShW15 Length 21.1 km Local walking route
Show on map Severn Way (2) Shrewsbury to Worcester Walking route 93 km ▾
Named route Ref SW (2) Length 93 km Regional walking route
Show on map Coffee House Passage public footpath · 19 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 19 m Path type: footway
Show on map Gullet Passage public footpath · 9 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 9 m Surface paving_stones Path type: footway
Show on map King's Head Passage public footpath · 11 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 11 m Path type: footway
Show on map 78 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 45 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 44 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 44 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Byway (Shropshire) Cycling route ▾
National Byway route in Shropshire
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 81 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 81 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Byway (Herefordshire) Cycling route ▾
National Byway in Herefordshire
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Alternative Route Cycling route 99 m ▾
Named route Ref 81 Length 99 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
66,933 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 66,933 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Rock Dove · Starling +36
Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Goosander Mergus merganser Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Black Swan Cygnus atratus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Soprano Pipistrelle · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat +1
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii Nathusius's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Dock Bug · Box Bug · Pine Ladybird +4
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Juniper Shieldbug 🌿 Plants 9 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Hart's-Tongue · Giant Herb-Robert · Mind-your-own-business · Greater Honeywort · Guernsey Fleabane +4
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium2025 Giant Herb-Robert Geranium maderense Mind-your-own-business Soleirolia soleirolii Greater Honeywort Cerinthe major Guernsey Fleabane Erigeron sumatrensis Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 66,933 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Rock Dove · Starling +36
Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Goosander Mergus merganser Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Black Swan Cygnus atratus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Soprano Pipistrelle · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat +1
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii Nathusius's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Dock Bug · Box Bug · Pine Ladybird +4
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Juniper Shieldbug 🌿 Plants 9 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Hart's-Tongue · Giant Herb-Robert · Mind-your-own-business · Greater Honeywort · Guernsey Fleabane +4
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium2025 Giant Herb-Robert Geranium maderense Mind-your-own-business Soleirolia soleirolii Greater Honeywort Cerinthe major Guernsey Fleabane Erigeron sumatrensis Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cyphostethus tristriatus
Cyphostethus tristriatus
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Arum italicum subsp. italicum Arum italicum subsp. italicum
Arum italicum subsp. italicum Arum italicum subsp. italicum
Springbeauty Claytonia perfoliata2025
Springbeauty Claytonia perfoliata2025
Buck's-horn Plantain Plantago coronopus2025
Buck's-horn Plantain Plantago coronopus2025 