🛝Family🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.17271, -6.33717
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Measured Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Measured Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Robin +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Robin +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ring of Gullion WayWalking route53 km▾
Named routeLength 53 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Ulster Way (Newry Canal section)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Dog Kennel LaneWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ring of Gullion Way - Section 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
St Patrick's Way: The Pilgrim WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network National Route 99 ExtensionCycling route▾
Newcastle to Newry
Named routeRef 99National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network National Route 9Cycling route▾
Belfast to Newry
Named routeRef 9National Cycle Network
Carlingford Lough GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
City Centre linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Carnbane Way and Craigmore Way Cycleway / FootwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route6.9 km▾
Named routeRef 9Length 6.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,909 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,909 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Robin · Grey Heron · Magpie · Starling +36
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2021
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Red Squirrel · Red Fox
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2021
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Leucozona lucorum · Phaonia subventa · Bedstraw Hawk-moth · Sphaerophoria scripta · Volucella pellucens +12
- Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum
- Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
- Bedstraw Hawk-mothHyles gallii
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Nemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidula
- Ferdinandea cuprea
🌿Plants13 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Giant Hogweed · Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Raspberry +8
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- Himalayan KnotweedKoenigia polystachya2024
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,909 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Robin · Grey Heron · Magpie · Starling +36
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2021
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Red Squirrel · Red Fox
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2021
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Leucozona lucorum · Phaonia subventa · Bedstraw Hawk-moth · Sphaerophoria scripta · Volucella pellucens +12
- Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum
- Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
- Bedstraw Hawk-mothHyles gallii
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Nemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidula
- Ferdinandea cuprea
🌿Plants13 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Giant Hogweed · Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Raspberry +8
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- Himalayan KnotweedKoenigia polystachya2024
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ferdinandea cuprea
Ferdinandea cuprea
Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsisGreater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestrisGreater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestrisMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareCommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2023Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2023Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2021Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria20212023
2023
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2022Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2022Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2022Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2022GroundselSenecio vulgaris2022GroundselSenecio vulgaris2022RedshankCeratodon purpureus2022RedshankCeratodon purpureus2022White StonecropSedum album2022White StonecropSedum album2022Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2022Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2022Giant KnotweedReynoutria sachalinensis2021Giant KnotweedReynoutria sachalinensis2021Events & activities nearby
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