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1 ha

📷 Bill Boaden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

58.90652, -2.91363

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 437m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 437m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Tufted Duck, Mute Swan, Mallard +78 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Tufted Duck, Mute Swan, Mallard +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Hawker, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly +1 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Hawker, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

9,143 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,143 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

autumnwinter

2025

Tufted Duck · Gadwall · Wigeon · Red-breasted Merganser · Mute Swan +42

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GadwallMareca strepera
WigeonMareca penelope
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common GullLarus canus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
TealAnas crecca
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RavenCorvus corax
Rock DoveColumba livia
RedshankTringa totanus
CurlewNumenius arquata
BlackbirdTurdus merula
American WigeonMareca americana
ScaupAythya marila
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
PochardAythya ferina
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
EiderSomateria mollissima
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
RookCorvus frugilegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
CootFulica atra
GannetMorus bassanus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,143 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

autumnwinter

2025

Tufted Duck · Gadwall · Wigeon · Red-breasted Merganser · Mute Swan +42

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GadwallMareca strepera
WigeonMareca penelope
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common GullLarus canus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
TealAnas crecca
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RavenCorvus corax
Rock DoveColumba livia
RedshankTringa totanus
CurlewNumenius arquata
BlackbirdTurdus merula
American WigeonMareca americana
ScaupAythya marila
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
PochardAythya ferina
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RobinErithacus rubecula
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
EiderSomateria mollissima
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
RookCorvus frugilegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
CootFulica atra
GannetMorus bassanus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Bill Boaden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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