Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.77250, -3.08749
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕World Heritage Centre cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕World Heritage Centre cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Robin +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Robin +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Emerald Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly, Common Hawker +35 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 492
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Usk Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
85 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 465Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 465National Cycle Network
Route 492Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 492National Cycle Network
Route 49Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 49National Cycle Network
Route 46Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network
Cycle across the BeaconsCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route19 m▾
Named routeRef 492Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
St Peter's church, Blaenavon
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,953 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,953 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Coot +36
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwiftApus apus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Emerald Damselfly · Common Hawker · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Black Darter +13
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
🌿Plants3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Holly · Japanese Knotweed · Marsh Thistle
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,953 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Coot +36
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwiftApus apus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Emerald Damselfly · Common Hawker · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Black Darter +13
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
🌿Plants3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Holly · Japanese Knotweed · Marsh Thistle
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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