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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › South West › Bristol, City of Getting here
51.46147, -2.58373
Open directionsv 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 on site — 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 on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax +79 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Syrphus, 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Magpie, Herring Gull, Woodpigeon +44 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Herring Gull, Woodpigeon +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Severn Way (3) Worcester to Bristol Walking route 153 km ▾
Named route Ref SW (3) Length 153 km Regional walking route
Show on map Bristol Triangular City Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Community Forest Path Walking route 72 km ▾
Named route Ref CFP Length 72 km Local walking route
Show on map Kennet and Avon Canal Trail Walking route 140 km ▾
Rivers linked by a canal. The name refers to the entire navigable length. From Bristol the way is the Avon. The canal is from Bath to Newbury. From there to Reading the way is the Kennet. 53 locks to Summit Pound (150 m asl) and 54 down to Reading.
Named route Ref K&A Length 140 km Regional walking route
Show on map 274 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 41 National Cycle Network
Show on map Avon Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Malago Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref MGW Local cycle route
Show on map Filton Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Bristol & Bath Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref B&BRP Local cycle route
Show on map Festival Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref FW Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Nova Trail Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
109,332 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 109,332 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jay +29
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 21 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Trioza centranthi · Cartodere bifasciata · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +16
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Rose Chafer Chinese Bramble · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Pointed Lattice-moss · Water Screw-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia +2
Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Pointed Lattice-moss Dialytrichia mucronata Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 109,332 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jay +29
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 21 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Epistrophe eligans · Trioza centranthi · Cartodere bifasciata · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +16
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Rose Chafer Chinese Bramble · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Pointed Lattice-moss · Water Screw-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia +2
Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Pointed Lattice-moss Dialytrichia mucronata Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cetonia aurata
Cetonia aurata
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Unaspis euonymi Unaspis euonymi
Unaspis euonymi Unaspis euonymi
Criorhina ranunculi Criorhina ranunculi
Criorhina ranunculi Criorhina ranunculi
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Dicyphus (Dicyphus) stachydis Dicyphus (Dicyphus) stachydis2025
Dicyphus (Dicyphus) stachydis Dicyphus (Dicyphus) stachydis2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Oxystoma pomonae Oxystoma pomonae2025
Oxystoma pomonae Oxystoma pomonae2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica2025
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica2025
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2025
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2025
Ribautiana tenerrima Ribautiana tenerrima2025
Ribautiana tenerrima Ribautiana tenerrima2025 Wall Screw-moss
Wall Screw-moss
Tortula muralis2025
Tortula muralis2025
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