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Getting here

51.90714, -3.19260

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 209m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ 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
🛝Playground 209m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Cetti's Warbler, Wigeon, Pochard +38 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Cetti's Warbler, Wigeon, Pochard +38 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Box, Green Yoke-moss +112 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Box, Green Yoke-moss +112 more · last seen 2023

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Great Scented Liverwort, Garlic Mustard, Dandelion +6 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Beacons WayWalking route152 km

Named routeLength 152 kmRegional walking route

Usk Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Black Mountains Fell RaceWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

South Wales TraverseWalking route

challenge route. not waymarked

Named route

Cambrian WayWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Cycle across the BeaconsCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

23,084 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,084 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Cetti's Warbler · Wigeon · Red Kite · Pochard · Dunlin +40

Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Barn OwlTyto alba
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
BuzzardButeo buteo2021
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
Great TitParus major2021
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
JackdawColoeus monedula2021
RavenCorvus corax2021
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GarganeySpatula querquedula2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2021
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020

🦌

Mammals6 species

summer

2025

Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Mole +1

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
MoleTalpa europaea2023
Whiskered BatMyotis mystacinus2022

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2021

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐟

Fish4 species

summer

2024

Bullhead · Brown/Sea Trout · European Eel · Atlantic Salmon

BullheadCottus perifretum
Brown/Sea TroutSalmo trutta2023
European EelAnguilla anguilla
Atlantic SalmonSalmo salar2023

🐝

Insects17 species

springwinter

2025

Bloody-nosed Beetle · Winter Moth · Chestnut · Mottled Umber · Red-girdled Spindler +12

Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2022
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019
Red-girdled SpindlerAllantus rufocinctus
Tipula vittataTipula vittata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Common Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter rajella2024
Birch TortrixEpinotia immundana2024
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2023
Chrysolina sturmiChrysolina sturmi2023
Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2023
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2022
Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2022
Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2021
Early MothTheria primaria2019

🌿

Plants115 species

winter

2023

Himalayan Balsam · Box · Whiskered Veilwort · Teesdale Feather-moss · Intermediate Screw-moss +110

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
BoxBuxus sempervirens
Whiskered VeilwortMetzgeria consanguinea2022
Teesdale Feather-mossRhynchostegiella teneriffae2022
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana2022
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2022
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum2022
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2022
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2022
Wall Thread-mossBryum radiculosum2022
Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus2022
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2022
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2022
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2022
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2022
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2022
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus2022
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2022
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2022
Slender Bristle-mossOrthotrichum tenellum2022
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2022
Shaw's Bristle-mossLewinskya striata2022
Hair-pointed GrimmiaGrimmia trichophylla2022
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2022
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2022
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2022
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2022
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2022
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2022
Beech Feather-mossCirriphyllum crassinervium2022
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2022
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum2022
Lyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii2022
Small Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipila2022
Slender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroides2022
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2022
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2022
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum2022
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2022
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2022
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2022
Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2022
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2022
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2022
Straw Bristle-mossOrthotrichum stramineum2022
Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides2022
Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2022
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2022
Revolute Beard-mossPseudocrossidium revolutum2022
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2022
Appleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitans2022
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2022
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2022
Starry Thyme-mossMnium stellare2022
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides2022
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2022
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2022
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2022
Zygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideus2022
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2022
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2022
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2022
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2022
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2022
Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2022
Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii2022
Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella2022
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2022
Common FrillwortFossombronia pusilla2022
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2022
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2022
Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2022
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2022
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2022
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2022
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2022
AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea2022
HollyIlex aquifolium2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2022
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2022
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
ForsythiaForsythia2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2022
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2022
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2022
Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2022
YewTaxus baccata2022
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2022
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2022
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022
HederaHedera2022
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2022
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022
JaponicaChaenomeles2022
PolypodiumPolypodium2022
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2022
Common NettleUrtica dioica2022
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2022
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2022
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2022
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022
ElderSambucus nigra2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Bush VetchVicia sepium2022
BurdockArctium2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,084 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Cetti's Warbler · Wigeon · Red Kite · Pochard · Dunlin +40

Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Barn OwlTyto alba
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
BuzzardButeo buteo2021
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
Great TitParus major2021
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
JackdawColoeus monedula2021
RavenCorvus corax2021
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GarganeySpatula querquedula2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2021
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020

🦌

Mammals6 species

summer

2025

Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Mole +1

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
MoleTalpa europaea2023
Whiskered BatMyotis mystacinus2022

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2021

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐟

Fish4 species

summer

2024

Bullhead · Brown/Sea Trout · European Eel · Atlantic Salmon

BullheadCottus perifretum
Brown/Sea TroutSalmo trutta2023
European EelAnguilla anguilla
Atlantic SalmonSalmo salar2023

🐝

Insects17 species

springwinter

2025

Bloody-nosed Beetle · Winter Moth · Chestnut · Mottled Umber · Red-girdled Spindler +12

Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2022
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019
Red-girdled SpindlerAllantus rufocinctus
Tipula vittataTipula vittata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Common Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter rajella2024
Birch TortrixEpinotia immundana2024
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2023
Chrysolina sturmiChrysolina sturmi2023
Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2023
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2022
Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2022
Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2021
Early MothTheria primaria2019

🌿

Plants115 species

winter

2023

Himalayan Balsam · Box · Whiskered Veilwort · Teesdale Feather-moss · Intermediate Screw-moss +110

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
BoxBuxus sempervirens
Whiskered VeilwortMetzgeria consanguinea2022
Teesdale Feather-mossRhynchostegiella teneriffae2022
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana2022
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2022
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum2022
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2022
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2022
Wall Thread-mossBryum radiculosum2022
Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus2022
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2022
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2022
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2022
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2022
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2022
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus2022
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2022
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2022
Slender Bristle-mossOrthotrichum tenellum2022
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2022
Shaw's Bristle-mossLewinskya striata2022
Hair-pointed GrimmiaGrimmia trichophylla2022
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2022
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2022
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2022
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2022
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2022
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2022
Beech Feather-mossCirriphyllum crassinervium2022
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2022
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum2022
Lyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii2022
Small Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipila2022
Slender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroides2022
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2022
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2022
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum2022
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2022
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2022
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2022
Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2022
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2022
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2022
Straw Bristle-mossOrthotrichum stramineum2022
Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides2022
Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2022
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2022
Revolute Beard-mossPseudocrossidium revolutum2022
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2022
Appleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitans2022
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2022
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2022
Starry Thyme-mossMnium stellare2022
Lesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloides2022
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum2022
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2022
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2022
Zygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideus2022
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2022
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2022
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2022
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2022
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2022
Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2022
Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii2022
Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella2022
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2022
Common FrillwortFossombronia pusilla2022
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2022
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2022
Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2022
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2022
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2022
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2022
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2022
AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea2022
HollyIlex aquifolium2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2022
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2022
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
ForsythiaForsythia2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2022
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2022
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2022
Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2022
YewTaxus baccata2022
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2022
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2022
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022
HederaHedera2022
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2022
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022
JaponicaChaenomeles2022
PolypodiumPolypodium2022
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2022
Common NettleUrtica dioica2022
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2022
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2022
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2022
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022
ElderSambucus nigra2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Bush VetchVicia sepium2022
BurdockArctium2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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