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52.48837, -1.91468
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▾ 🐦 82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Horizon Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Horizon Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Meliscaeva auricollis +5 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Meliscaeva auricollis +5 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 36 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Grand Union Canal Walk Walking route 234 km ▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named route Length 234 km Regional walking route
Show on map Balsall Heath Tree Trail East Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Balsall Heath Tree Trail West Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Sandwell Park Colliery Trail Walking route 3.2 km ▾
The trail follows the remains of a tramway that was used to transport coal from the Sandwell Park Colliery Jubilee Pit to railway sidings and a canal wharf. It is now an area of natural beauty with plenty of wildlife, scenic views, and roaming livestock.
Named route Ref SPCT Length 3.2 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map The Findings Trail Walking route ▾
Tourism/ history walking route from the city centre to the Jewellery Quarter and back. Marked by pavement plates. Designed by Laura Potter
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Unett Walk public footpath · 90 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 90 m Path type: footway
Show on map Cobble Walk public footpath · 160 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 160 m Surface paved Path type: footway
Show on map Capstone Avenue public footpath · 61 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 61 m Surface paved Path type: footway
Show on map 162 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network 5 Diversion Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Rea Valley Route Cycling route ▾
NCN 5 section of Rea Valley Route
Named route Ref Rea Valley
Show on map [PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle Network Cycling route 804 km ▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named route Ref Starley Network Length 804 km Regional cycle route
Show on map Jewellery Quarter Pop Up Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Pop Up Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 533 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 533 National Cycle Network
Show on map SCWIP Cycle Route 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref SCWIP CR2 Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Catacombs, Warstone Lane Cemetery, Birmingham
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Wildlife to spot
30,055 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 30,055 records · National Biodiversity Network Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon +38
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Wigeon Mareca penelope Pochard Aythya ferina Canada Goose Branta canadensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Coot Fulica atra Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Tit Parus major Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Dunnock Prunella modularis Pintail Anas acuta2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Liverwort · Springy Turf-moss · Hogweed · Herb-Robert +14
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Borage Borago officinalis Oxford Ragwort Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 30,055 records · National Biodiversity Network Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon +38
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Wigeon Mareca penelope Pochard Aythya ferina Canada Goose Branta canadensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Coot Fulica atra Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Tit Parus major Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Dunnock Prunella modularis Pintail Anas acuta2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Liverwort · Springy Turf-moss · Hogweed · Herb-Robert +14
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum Borage Borago officinalis Oxford Ragwort Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Senecio squalidus
Senecio squalidus
Dandelion Taraxacum
Dandelion Taraxacum
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens
Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens
Greater Periwinkle Vinca major
Greater Periwinkle Vinca major
Hazel Corylus avellana
Hazel Corylus avellana
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale 