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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.13798, -3.79906
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Caffi Contessa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Caffi Contessa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meliscaeva cinctella, Hydropsyche pellucidula, Black-legged Water-snipefly +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Snowdonia Slate TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hafna Miners' TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Conwy Valley Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Gwydir MawrMountain bike route25 km▾
Named routeLength 25 km
Photos
Coat of arms at St Grwst's church
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
14,453 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,453 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Herring Gull · House Sparrow · Mallard · Carrion Crow +39
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Red-legged Shieldbug · Oak Mining Sawfly · Meliscaeva cinctella · Shore Sexton Beetle · Cercopis vulnerata +2
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Shore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralis
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Sericomyia silentis
Many-fruited Leskea · Swartz's Feather-moss · Western Pouncewort · Sessile Grimmia · Greater Featherwort +46
- Many-fruited LeskeaLeskea polycarpa
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
- Western PouncewortLejeunea lamacerina
- Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum
- Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides
- Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
- Fern-leaved Hook-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,453 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Herring Gull · House Sparrow · Mallard · Carrion Crow +39
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Red-legged Shieldbug · Oak Mining Sawfly · Meliscaeva cinctella · Shore Sexton Beetle · Cercopis vulnerata +2
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Shore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralis
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Sericomyia silentis
Many-fruited Leskea · Swartz's Feather-moss · Western Pouncewort · Sessile Grimmia · Greater Featherwort +46
- Many-fruited LeskeaLeskea polycarpa
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
- Western PouncewortLejeunea lamacerina
- Sessile GrimmiaSchistidium apocarpum
- Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides
- Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
- Fern-leaved Hook-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sericomyia silentis
Sericomyia silentis
Cratoneuron filicinum
Cratoneuron filicinum
Common PottiaTortula truncataCommon PottiaTortula truncataCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaBicoloured BryumBryum bicolorBicoloured BryumBryum bicolorSilver-mossBryum argenteumSilver-mossBryum argenteumGreen-tufted Stubble-mossWeissia controversaGreen-tufted Stubble-mossWeissia controversaHornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianumHornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianumLesser Pocket-mossFissidens bryoidesLesser Pocket-mossFissidens bryoidesEgg FlapwortSolenostoma obovatumEgg FlapwortSolenostoma obovatumSouthern CrestwortLophocolea semiteresSouthern CrestwortLophocolea semiteresTufted Apple-mossPhilonotis caespitosaTufted Apple-mossPhilonotis caespitosaHart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatumHart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatumBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataSupine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatumSupine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatumDelicate Earth-mossPseudephemerum nitidumDelicate Earth-mossPseudephemerum nitidumRiver GrimmiaSchistidium rivulareRiver GrimmiaSchistidium rivulareHeath EarwortScapania irriguaHeath EarwortScapania irriguaCommon PincushionDicranoweisia cirrataCommon PincushionDicranoweisia cirrataElegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegansElegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegansMougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotiiMougeot's Yoke-mossAmphidium mougeotiiCommon FrillwortFossombronia pusillaCommon FrillwortFossombronia pusillaSchreber's Forklet-mossDicranella schreberianaSchreber's Forklet-mossDicranella schreberianaLittle Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreusLittle Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreusTumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosaTumid NotchwortLophozia ventricosaCrimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubensCrimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubensLarger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroidesLarger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroidesLesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutumLesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutumWeissia controversa var. densifoliaWeissia controversa var. densifoliaWeissia controversa var. densifoliaWeissia controversa var. densifoliaRacomitrium heterostichumRacomitrium heterostichumRacomitrium heterostichumRacomitrium heterostichumAwl-leaved Swan-neck MossCampylopus subulatusAwl-leaved Swan-neck MossCampylopus subulatusNotched PouchwortCalypogeia argutaNotched PouchwortCalypogeia argutaSlender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroidesSlender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroidesWoolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosumWoolly Fringe-mossRacomitrium lanuginosumYellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculareYellow Fringe-mossRacomitrium aciculareRufous Forklet-mossDicranella rufescensRufous Forklet-mossDicranella rufescensTransparent Fork-mossDichodontium pellucidumTransparent Fork-mossDichodontium pellucidumFive-ranked Bog-mossSphagnum quinquefariumFive-ranked Bog-mossSphagnum quinquefariumNees' PelliaPellia neesianaNees' PelliaPellia neesianaSpruce's Bristle-mossOrthotrichum spruceiSpruce's Bristle-mossOrthotrichum spruceiMatted Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum populeumMatted Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum populeumPrickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosaPrickly FeatherwortPlagiochila spinulosaGrove EarwortScapania nemoreaGrove EarwortScapania nemoreaCylindric DitrichumTrichodon cylindricusCylindric DitrichumTrichodon cylindricusFallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallaxFallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallaxRedshankCeratodon purpureusRedshankCeratodon purpureus