Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.77886, -1.19796
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦22+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pied Wagtail and Moorhen
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Gourmet Coffee Bar & Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦22+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pied Wagtail and Moorhen
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Gourmet Coffee Bar & Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pied Wagtail, Moorhen, Gadwall +19 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Pied Wagtail, Moorhen, Gadwall +19 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Cloeon dipterum, Harlequin Ladybird, Vine's Rustic +104 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 public path nearby
Public paths
H94public footpath · 901 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 901 mPath type: footway
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Hathern <> KegworthCycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route▾
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
30,656 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,656 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Wagtail · Moorhen · Gadwall · Robin · Woodpigeon +17
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Cloeon dipterum · Harlequin Ladybird · Vine's Rustic · Swallow-tailed Moth · Riband Wave +102
- Cloeon dipterumCloeon dipterum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua
- Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria
- Riband WaveIdaea aversata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella · Phacidium lauri · Lecidella elaeochroma
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
- Phacidium lauriPhacidium lauri
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
Common Chickweed · Hairy Bitter-cress · Red Dead-nettle · Mistletoe · Purple-loosestrife +15
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
- Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,656 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Wagtail · Moorhen · Gadwall · Robin · Woodpigeon +17
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Cloeon dipterum · Harlequin Ladybird · Vine's Rustic · Swallow-tailed Moth · Riband Wave +102
- Cloeon dipterumCloeon dipterum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua
- Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria
- Riband WaveIdaea aversata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella · Phacidium lauri · Lecidella elaeochroma
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
- Phacidium lauriPhacidium lauri
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
Common Chickweed · Hairy Bitter-cress · Red Dead-nettle · Mistletoe · Purple-loosestrife +15
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- MistletoeViscum album2025
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
- Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Upright Hedge Bedstraw
Upright Hedge Bedstraw
Galium album subsp. erectum2025
Galium album subsp. erectum2025
WalnutJuglans regia2025WalnutJuglans regia2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025