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🧺Picnic🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.98329, -4.06160
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 155m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 155m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Gorlech Trail
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Gorlech TrailMountain bike route▾
Derwen TrailMountain bike route▾
RavenMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
1,570 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,570 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2026▾
Robin · Coal Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Chaffinch · Blackbird +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
🦎Reptiles1 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Ecdyonurus · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Green Tiger Beetle · Hydropsyche siltalai · Sericostoma personatum +32
- EcdyonurusEcdyonurus2022
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2022
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2022
- LepidostomaLepidostoma
Himalayan Balsam · Gorse · Bitter-Cress · Hemlock Water-dropwort · Alpine Water-moss +20
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Bitter-CressCardamine2025
- Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025
- Alpine Water-mossFontinalis squamosa2025
- Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,570 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2026▾
Robin · Coal Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Chaffinch · Blackbird +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
🦎Reptiles1 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Ecdyonurus · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Green Tiger Beetle · Hydropsyche siltalai · Sericostoma personatum +32
- EcdyonurusEcdyonurus2022
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2022
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2022
- LepidostomaLepidostoma
Himalayan Balsam · Gorse · Bitter-Cress · Hemlock Water-dropwort · Alpine Water-moss +20
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Bitter-CressCardamine2025
- Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2025
- Alpine Water-mossFontinalis squamosa2025
- Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
RhithrogenaRhithrogena2022RhithrogenaRhithrogena2022Baetis rhodani/atlanticusBaetis rhodani/atlanticus2022Baetis rhodani/atlanticusBaetis rhodani/atlanticus2022WormaldiaWormaldia2022WormaldiaWormaldia2022ChloroperlidaeChloroperlidae2022ChloroperlidaeChloroperlidae2022Perla carlukianaPerla carlukiana2022Perla carlukianaPerla carlukiana2022LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae2022LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae2022Black fliesSimuliidae2022Black fliesSimuliidae2022Protonemura praecoxProtonemura praecox2022Protonemura praecoxProtonemura praecox2022HydropsychidaeHydropsychidae2022HydropsychidaeHydropsychidae2022Hairy Whirligig BeetleOrectochilus villosus2022Hairy Whirligig BeetleOrectochilus villosus2022LeuctraLeuctra2022LeuctraLeuctra2022Black-legged Water-snipeflyIbisia marginata2022Black-legged Water-snipeflyIbisia marginata2022Limnius volckmariLimnius volckmari2022Limnius volckmariLimnius volckmari2022CraneflyTipulidae2022CraneflyTipulidae2022ScirtidaeScirtidae2022ScirtidaeScirtidae2022Leuctra fuscaLeuctra fusca2022Leuctra fuscaLeuctra fusca2022TanytarsiniTanytarsini2022TanytarsiniTanytarsini2022Plectrocnemia geniculataPlectrocnemia geniculata2022Plectrocnemia geniculataPlectrocnemia geniculata2022ProtonemuraProtonemura2022ProtonemuraProtonemura2022Hydraena gracilisHydraena gracilis2022Hydraena gracilisHydraena gracilis2022Esolus parallelepipedusEsolus parallelepipedus2022Esolus parallelepipedusEsolus parallelepipedus2022Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2022Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2022OrthocladiinaeOrthocladiinae2022OrthocladiinaeOrthocladiinae2022Elmis aeneaElmis aenea2022Elmis aeneaElmis aenea2022Silo pallipesSilo pallipes2022Silo pallipesSilo pallipes2022Olives (Baetidae)Baetidae2022Olives (Baetidae)Baetidae2022Hydropsyche instabilisHydropsyche instabilis2022Hydropsyche instabilisHydropsyche instabilis2022Philopotamus montanusPhilopotamus montanus2022Philopotamus montanusPhilopotamus montanus2022Chloroperla tripunctataChloroperla tripunctata2022Chloroperla tripunctataChloroperla tripunctata2022Simulium ornatum complexSimulium ornatum complex2022Simulium ornatum complexSimulium ornatum complex2022IdiopteraIdioptera2022IdiopteraIdioptera20222025
2025
PelliaPellia2025PelliaPellia2025Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2025Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2025FissidensFissidens2025FissidensFissidens2025Toad RushJuncus bufonius2025Toad RushJuncus bufonius2025River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2025River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2025ScapaniaScapania2025ScapaniaScapania2025Chiloscyphus polyanthosChiloscyphus polyanthos2025Chiloscyphus polyanthosChiloscyphus polyanthos2025Lemanea fluviatilisLemanea fluviatilis2025Lemanea fluviatilisLemanea fluviatilis2025Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare2025Yellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculare2025ZygnemataleanZygnematalean2025ZygnemataleanZygnematalean2025Claw Brook-mossHygrohypnella ochracea2025Claw Brook-mossHygrohypnella ochracea2025Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2025Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2025Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024Large-leaved AvensGeum macrophyllum2024Large-leaved AvensGeum macrophyllum2024HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2024GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2024