Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.89112, 0.90234
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Ten Museum Street — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Ten Museum Street — 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
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: THE ROMAN TOWN WALL; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 signed routes nearby · 51 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Colchester Orbital West BWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital West AWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital Spoke (North)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital Spoke (West)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital Spoke (South)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
St Nicholas Passagepublic footpath · 57 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 57 mPath type: pedestrian
Scheregatepublic footpath · 16 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 16 mPath type: footway
Quakers Alleypublic footpath · 65 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 65 mSurface pavedPath type: footway
155 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Greenstead to North StationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Colchester Orbital CycleCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Colchester Orbital Cycle Spoke (South-East)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Colchester Orbital Cycle Spoke (North East)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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View along the Roman Wall back towards Castle Park
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
45,183 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
45,183 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
🦌Mammals8 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox · Muntjac · Brown Rat +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Feral CatFelis catus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Firebug · Harlequin Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Helophilus pendulus · Batman Hoverfly +8
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
45,183 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
🦌Mammals8 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox · Muntjac · Brown Rat +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Feral CatFelis catus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Firebug · Harlequin Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Helophilus pendulus · Batman Hoverfly +8
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
BadgerMeles meles2025BadgerMeles meles2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus20252025
2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii2025Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025