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Snake in the Grass Pocket Park

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📷 Lewis Clarke · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha

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52.41723, -1.49257

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 238m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 238m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Mallard +47 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Mallard +47 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax, Dark-edged Bee-fly +54 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax, Dark-edged Bee-fly +54 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 52

Varies

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

25 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Oxford Canal WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Centenary WayWalking route

Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route

A Coventry WayWalking route

Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route

ACW Circular Walk 05Walking route

Named routeRef C05Listed length 19 kmLocal walking route

ACW Circular Walk 05A (short-cut to C05)Walking route

Named routeRef C05A

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Cycling

70 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 53Cycling route

Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network

Cycle Coventry Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13Local cycle route

Route 52Cycling route

Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network

Cycle Coventry Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Cycle Coventry Route 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

Cycle Coventry Route 10Cycling route

Named routeRef 10Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

12,797 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,797 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds26 species

autumn

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +21

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
PintailAnas acuta
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,797 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds26 species

autumn

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +21

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MagpiePica pica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
PintailAnas acuta
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Lewis Clarke · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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