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🎠Play🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.54487, -2.41543
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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 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
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 41 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Little Avon CircuitWalking route1.5 km▾
Much is on grass, but the riverside walk is steeper with roots and steps.
Named routeLength 1.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
The DramwayWalking route15 km▾
The route of a 19th century tramway that carried coal from Coalpit Heath down to the River Avon
Named routeLength 15 kmLocal walking route
Stanley WalkWalking route1 km▾
The easiest walk. Follows attractive woodland rides, largely level and on grass.
Named routeLength 1 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Mercier Closepublic footpath · 131 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 131 mPath type: residential
South Walkpublic footpath · 139 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 139 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: pedestrian
North Walkpublic footpath · 24 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 24 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: pedestrian
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yate Spur (planned)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Yate Spur (current)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Chipping Sodbury LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Yate LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Filton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
21,802 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,802 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird +49
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Varied Carpet Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,802 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird +49
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Varied Carpet Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meconema meridionale2025
Meconema meridionale2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Small Black AntLasius niger2025Small Black AntLasius niger2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Protaetia cuprea ssp. metallicaProtaetia cuprea ssp. metallica2025Protaetia cuprea ssp. metallicaProtaetia cuprea ssp. metallica2025