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🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.60741, -3.09979
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Moorhen
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Moorhen
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Little Grebe +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Little Grebe +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rhymney River CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef Rhymney River CircularLocal walking route
Forge WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef Rhymney Valley Ridgeway WalkRegional walking route
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
128 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Link to NCN 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 465Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 465National Cycle Network
Rhymney Trail (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NCN468 (Proposed)Local cycle route
Link to The Celtic TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 49Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 49National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
CafallMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Twrch TrailMountain bike route▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
21,732 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,732 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Moorhen · Blackbird · Great Tit · Chaffinch +46
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Dendrocopos major anglicusDendrocopos major anglicus2025
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
European Pond Terrapin · Slow-worm
- European Pond TerrapinEmys orbicularis
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Frog
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly +18
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
🌿Plants5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Japanese Knotweed · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Norway Maple · Red Clover · Bluebell
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,732 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Moorhen · Blackbird · Great Tit · Chaffinch +46
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Dendrocopos major anglicusDendrocopos major anglicus2025
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
European Pond Terrapin · Slow-worm
- European Pond TerrapinEmys orbicularis
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Frog
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly +18
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
🌿Plants5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Japanese Knotweed · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Norway Maple · Red Clover · Bluebell
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2025Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025