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🍂Seasonal🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.45304, -0.51782
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌿137+ species of plants recorded here — summer brings peak botanical diversity with Intermediate Polypody and Hart's-Tongue among those found
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌿137+ species of plants recorded here — summer brings peak botanical diversity with Intermediate Polypody and Hart's-Tongue among those found
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Intermediate Polypody, Hart's-Tongue, Common Chickweed +134 more · last seen 2019
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Birds — Little Owl, Kestrel, Barn Owl +3 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Comma +7 more · last seen 2019
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Mammals — Hedgehog · last seen 2020
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 public paths nearby
Public paths
Millstone Waypublic footpath · 125 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 125 mPath type: residential
Clay Lanepublic footpath · 1.6 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.6 kmPath type: unclassified
Joshua Waypublic footpath · 78 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 78 mSurface gravelPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
2,626 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,626 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Little Owl · Kestrel · Barn Owl · Swift · Mistle Thrush +1
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2019▾
Small White · Red Admiral · Comma · Holly Blue · Painted Lady +5
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- PeacockAglais io
- Small Copper
Apple · Intermediate Polypody · Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Common Chickweed +132
- AppleMalus
- Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,626 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Little Owl · Kestrel · Barn Owl · Swift · Mistle Thrush +1
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2019▾
Small White · Red Admiral · Comma · Holly Blue · Painted Lady +5
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- PeacockAglais io
- Small Copper
Apple · Intermediate Polypody · Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Common Chickweed +132
- AppleMalus
- Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lycaena phlaeas2018
Lycaena phlaeas2018
Meadow BrownManiola jurtinaMeadow BrownManiola jurtinaSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeSpeckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Biting StonecropSedum acreBiting StonecropSedum acreWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaLady's BedstrawGalium verum2018Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2018Wild PlumPrunus domestica2018Wild PlumPrunus domestica2018Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2018Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2018Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilisLeast Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilisArenaria serpyllifoliaArenaria serpyllifoliaArenaria serpyllifoliaArenaria serpyllifoliadaffodilsNarcissusdaffodilsNarcissusGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopiaSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopiaCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusVeronica hederifolia subsp. hederifoliaVeronica hederifolia subsp. hederifoliaVeronica hederifolia subsp. hederifoliaVeronica hederifolia subsp. hederifoliaHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2018Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2018Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2018Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2018HawthornCrataegus monogyna2018HawthornCrataegus monogyna2018Wild-oatAvena fatua2018Wild-oatAvena fatua2018Fat-henChenopodium album2018Fat-henChenopodium album2018Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2018Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2018Common NettleUrtica dioica2018Common NettleUrtica dioica2018Small PondweedPotamogeton berchtoldii2018Small PondweedPotamogeton berchtoldii2018Greater PlantainPlantago major2018Greater PlantainPlantago major2018Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2018Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2018Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2018Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2018Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2018Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2018Field MapleAcer campestre2018Field MapleAcer campestre2018Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta2018Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta2018Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2018Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2018Wood DockRumex sanguineus2018Wood DockRumex sanguineus2018White Dead-nettleLamium album2018White Dead-nettleLamium album2018Water MintMentha aquatica2018Water MintMentha aquatica2018HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2018HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2018RowanSorbus aucuparia2018RowanSorbus aucuparia2018Hybrid CampionSilene dioica x latifolia = S. x hampeana2018Hybrid CampionSilene dioica x latifolia = S. x hampeana2018Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2018Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2018Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2018Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2018GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2018GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2018Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2018Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2018Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2018Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2018Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa2018Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa2018BeechFagus sylvatica2018BeechFagus sylvatica2018Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2018Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2018Water-StarwortCallitriche2018Water-StarwortCallitriche2018White WillowSalix alba2018White WillowSalix alba2018Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2018Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2018Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2018Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2018Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum2018Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum2018MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2018MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2018Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis2018Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis2018BlackthornPrunus spinosa2018BlackthornPrunus spinosa2018Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2018Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2018Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2018Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2018Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2018Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2018White CloverTrifolium repens2018White CloverTrifolium repens2018Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2018Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2018Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2018Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2018Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens2018Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens2018Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2018Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2018Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2018Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2018White CampionSilene latifolia2018White CampionSilene latifolia2018Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2018Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2018Elymus repens subsp. repens f. aristatusElymus repens subsp. repens f. aristatus2018Elymus repens subsp. repens f. aristatusElymus repens subsp. repens f. aristatus2018HemlockConium maculatum2018HemlockConium maculatum2018Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2018Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2018Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2018Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2018BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2018BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2018Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2018Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2018Common WhitebeamSorbus aria2018Common WhitebeamSorbus aria2018MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2018MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2018Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2018Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2018Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2018Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2018Wild CherryPrunus avium2018Wild CherryPrunus avium2018Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2018Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2018Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2018Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2018Two-rowed BarleyHordeum distichon2018Two-rowed BarleyHordeum distichon2018Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2018Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2018Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2018Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2018Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2018Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2018Pink-sorrelOxalis articulata2018Pink-sorrelOxalis articulata2018Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2018Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2018Black BryonyTamus communis2018Black BryonyTamus communis2018IvyHedera helix2018IvyHedera helix2018Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2018Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2018BoxBuxus sempervirens2018BoxBuxus sempervirens2018Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2018Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2018CharlockSinapis arvensis2018CharlockSinapis arvensis2018False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2018False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2018Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera2018Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera2018Long-headed PoppyPapaver dubium2018Long-headed PoppyPapaver dubium2018CrosswortCruciata laevipes2018CrosswortCruciata laevipes2018Narrow-leaved Meadow-grassPoa angustifolia2018Narrow-leaved Meadow-grassPoa angustifolia2018Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2018Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2018Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2018Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2018Red CampionSilene dioica2018Red CampionSilene dioica2018Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2018Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2018Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2018Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2018Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2018Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2018Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2018Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2018KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2018KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2018Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2018Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2018Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2018Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2018Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2018Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2018Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2018Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2018Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2018Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2018DaisyBellis perennis2018DaisyBellis perennis2018Common CouchElymus repens2018Common CouchElymus repens2018Brachypodium pinnatumBrachypodium pinnatum2018Brachypodium pinnatumBrachypodium pinnatum2018BrambleRubus fruticosus2018BrambleRubus fruticosus2018YarrowAchillea millefolium2018YarrowAchillea millefolium2018Narrow-leaved AshFraxinus angustifolia2018Narrow-leaved AshFraxinus angustifolia2018Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2018Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2018Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2018Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2018Musk-mallowMalva moschata2018Musk-mallowMalva moschata2018Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2018Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2018White BryonyBryonia dioica2018White BryonyBryonia dioica2018Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2018Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2018Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2018Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2018GroundselSenecio vulgaris2018GroundselSenecio vulgaris2018BrackenPteridium aquilinum2018BrackenPteridium aquilinum2018Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2018Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2018Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2018Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2018SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2018SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2018DandelionTaraxacum2018DandelionTaraxacum2018Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2018Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2018Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2018Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2018Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2018Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2018Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2018Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2018RedshankPersicaria maculosa2018RedshankPersicaria maculosa2018Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2018Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2018Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2018Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2018