Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.64914, -2.88849
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Connections Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Connections Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wren, Great Tit, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Wren, Great Tit, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 14-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Azure Damselfly +205 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 26 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shropshire Way - stage 01Walking route24.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW01Length 24.1 kmLocal walking route
Chris Bagley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Bridge Leys Lanepublic footpath · 313 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 313 mPath type: unclassified
Whitwell Lanepublic footpath · 363 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 363 mPath type: track
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 44Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 44National Cycle Network
National Byway Church Stretton LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Herefordshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Herefordshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route147 m▾
Named routeRef 44Length 147 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route50 m▾
Named routeRef 44Length 50 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.6 km▾
Named routeRef 44Length 3.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
18,771 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,771 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wren · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Chaffinch · Great Tit +36
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects11 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Corizus hyoscyami · Empoasca +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- EmpoascaEmpoasca
- Common Earwig
Lesser Spearwort · White Stonecrop · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage
- Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
- White StonecropSedum album
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,771 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wren · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Chaffinch · Great Tit +36
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects11 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Corizus hyoscyami · Empoasca +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- EmpoascaEmpoasca
- Common Earwig
Lesser Spearwort · White Stonecrop · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage
- Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
- White StonecropSedum album
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Bembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatumTrichocera annulataTrichocera annulata2025Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Field Damsel BugNabis (Nabis) ferus2025Field Damsel BugNabis (Nabis) ferus2025