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🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.81691, -0.80543
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ 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
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ 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
- ☕Café on site — 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 — Mute Swan, Mallard, Moorhen +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Moorhen +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Round Aylesbury WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Aylesbury RingWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Thame Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wychert Way LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Pebble WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef PebbleLocal cycle route
Topaz WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef TopazLocal cycle route
St Peter's GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Platinum WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef PlatinumLocal cycle route
Ruby WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef RubyLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
41,980 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
41,980 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Magpie · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Mallard +43
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- CootFulica atra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grass Snake · Indet. Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Indet. SnakeSerpentes
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Broad Centurion · Cloeon dipterum +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Cloeon dipterumCloeon dipterum
- Goera pilosaGoera pilosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,980 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Magpie · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Mallard +43
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- CootFulica atra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grass Snake · Indet. Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Indet. SnakeSerpentes
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Broad Centurion · Cloeon dipterum +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Cloeon dipterumCloeon dipterum
- Goera pilosaGoera pilosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Stable Fly
Stable Fly
Stomoxys calcitrans
Stomoxys calcitrans
Harpalus affinisHarpalus affinisHarpalus affinisHarpalus affinisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major