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🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
52.70680, -2.76137
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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
53,399 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
53,399 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
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- 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 · Dock Bug +6
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Box 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
53,399 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
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- 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 · Dock Bug +6
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Box 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
Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenax14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Coccidula scutellataCoccidula scutellata2025Coccidula scutellataCoccidula scutellata2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata2025SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata2025Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025