Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.23639, -0.54460
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Stokes Lawn Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Stokes Lawn Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Woodpigeon +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Woodpigeon +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stephen Langton TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Steep HillWalking route▾
Named routeIncline 14%
Fossdyke Canal TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Spires and Steeples TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Parkpublic footpath · 49 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 49 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Kingsley Passagepublic footpath · 53 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 53 mPath type: footway
Motherby Hillpublic footpath · 162 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 162 mPath type: footway
69 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lincoln - Saxilby Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lincoln Eastern Bypass NMU pathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Lincoln to Humber
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
North Hykeham Relief Road / Lincoln Southern Bypass NMU RouteCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Lincoln to Branston cycle pathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hawthorn Road Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
21,731 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,731 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mute Swan · Blue Tit · Greylag Goose · Mallard · Long-tailed Tit +41
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
7-spot Ladybird · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Varied Carpet Beetle · Carabus nemoralis +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Sylvicola
Primrose · Garden Grape-hyacinth · Alexanders · Lungwort · Cleavers +19
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,731 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mute Swan · Blue Tit · Greylag Goose · Mallard · Long-tailed Tit +41
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
7-spot Ladybird · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Varied Carpet Beetle · Carabus nemoralis +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Sylvicola
Primrose · Garden Grape-hyacinth · Alexanders · Lungwort · Cleavers +19
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sylvicola
Sylvicola
DasysyrphusDasysyrphusDasysyrphusDasysyrphusChilothorax conspurcatusChilothorax conspurcatus2025Chilothorax conspurcatusChilothorax conspurcatus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025RedshankCeratodon purpureusRedshankCeratodon purpureusDune Thread-mossBryum dichotomumDune Thread-mossBryum dichotomumWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansField Forklet-mossDicranella staphylinaField Forklet-mossDicranella staphylinaCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciataCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciataStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumHeath Star MossCampylopus introflexusHeath Star MossCampylopus introflexusBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusSand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformisSand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformisSand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanumSand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanumSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusHornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianumHornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianumFern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinumFern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumWinter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025