Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.70678, -2.76136
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Quarry Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Quarry Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Hornet Hoverfly, Banded Demoiselle +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 97 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shropshire Way - stage 01Walking route24.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW01Length 24.1 kmLocal walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 11Walking route18.6 km▾
Named routeRef ShW11Length 18.6 kmLocal walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 15Walking route21.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW15Length 21.1 kmLocal walking route
Severn Way (2) Shrewsbury to WorcesterWalking route93 km▾
Named routeRef SW (2)Length 93 kmRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - linkWalking route8 km▾
Named routeRef ShW10aLength 8 kmRegional walking route
Coffee House Passagepublic footpath · 3 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 3 mPath type: footway
Water Lanepublic footpath · 68 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 68 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Saint Julian's Stepspublic footpath · 9 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 9 mSurface paving_stonesIncline upPath type: steps
76 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 44Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 44National Cycle Network
Route 81Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network
National Byway (Herefordshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Herefordshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route99 m▾
Named routeRef 81Length 99 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route885 m▾
Named routeRef 44Length 885 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 44Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
The Quarry Gardens and lake with St Chad's church tower beyond
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Wildlife to spot
53,485 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
53,485 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Starling +35
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects11 species
springautumn
2026▾
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · 7-spot Ladybird · Nephus quadrimaculatus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Box Bug +6
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Dock Bug
🌿Plants9 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Giant Herb-Robert · Mind-your-own-business · Greater Honeywort · Guernsey Fleabane · Shepherd's-purse +4
- Giant Herb-RobertGeranium maderense
- Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
- Greater HoneywortCerinthe major
- Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
53,485 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Starling +35
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects11 species
springautumn
2026▾
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · 7-spot Ladybird · Nephus quadrimaculatus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Box Bug +6
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Dock Bug
🌿Plants9 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Giant Herb-Robert · Mind-your-own-business · Greater Honeywort · Guernsey Fleabane · Shepherd's-purse +4
- Giant Herb-RobertGeranium maderense
- Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
- Greater HoneywortCerinthe major
- Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coreus marginatus
Coreus marginatus
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxCoccidula scutellataCoccidula scutellata2025Coccidula scutellataCoccidula scutellata2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata2025SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata2025Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025