Thornhill Crematorium and Cemetery
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › Wales › South East Wales › Cardiff Getting here
51.53748, -3.20905
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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 241m away — 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 241m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +88 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +88 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Common Darter, Southern Hawker +33 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Common Darter, Southern Hawker +33 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Taff Trail Walking route 88 km ▾
Named route Length 88 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cambrian Way Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map Penrhys Pilgrimage Walking route ▾
Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk Regional walking route
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Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 National Cycle Network
Show on map Lôn Las Cymru (South) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 National Cycle Network
Show on map Treforest Community Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref TCR Local cycle route
Show on map Rhymney Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref RT Local cycle route
Show on map Aber Valley Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 475 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 8 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
24,901 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 24,901 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Robin · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2025 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Syrphus ribesii · Anoplotrupes stercorosus +4
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025 Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2025 Psyllopsis fraxini agg. Psyllopsis fraxini agg. 🌿 Plants 7 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Hypnum cupressiforme · Lateral Cryphaea · Atrichum undulatum · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Himalayan Honeysuckle +2
Hypnum cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla Atrichum undulatum Atrichum undulatum Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa2025 Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 24,901 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Robin · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2025 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Syrphus ribesii · Anoplotrupes stercorosus +4
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025 Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2025 Psyllopsis fraxini agg. Psyllopsis fraxini agg. 🌿 Plants 7 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Hypnum cupressiforme · Lateral Cryphaea · Atrichum undulatum · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Himalayan Honeysuckle +2
Hypnum cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla Atrichum undulatum Atrichum undulatum Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa2025 Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Barberry Fusehorn Arge berberidis2025
Barberry Fusehorn Arge berberidis2025
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2025
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2025 2025
2025
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2025
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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