Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.70808, -2.79028
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Mytton Oak Restaurant — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Mytton Oak Restaurant — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, Hornet Hoverfly +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Shropshire Way - stage 01Walking route24.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW01Length 24.1 kmLocal walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 15Walking route21.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW15Length 21.1 kmLocal walking route
Severn Way (2) Shrewsbury to WorcesterWalking route93 km▾
Named routeRef SW (2)Length 93 kmRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - linkWalking route8 km▾
Named routeRef ShW10aLength 8 kmRegional walking route
Severn Way (1) Source to ShrewsburyWalking route116 km▾
Named routeRef SW (1)Length 116 kmRegional walking route
78 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 44Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 44National Cycle Network
Route 81Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network
National Byway (Herefordshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Herefordshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route99 m▾
Named routeRef 81Length 99 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route885 m▾
Named routeRef 44Length 885 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 44Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
23,496 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,496 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit +32
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects36 species
summerwinter
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Hornet Hoverfly · 22-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura +31
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Tufted Vetch · Creeping Cinquefoil · Wood Avens · Agrimony · Fern-leaved Beggarticks +20
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
- Fern-leaved BeggarticksBidens ferulifolia
- Algerian IvyHedera algeriensis
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,496 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit +32
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects36 species
summerwinter
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Hornet Hoverfly · 22-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura +31
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Tufted Vetch · Creeping Cinquefoil · Wood Avens · Agrimony · Fern-leaved Beggarticks +20
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
- Fern-leaved BeggarticksBidens ferulifolia
- Algerian IvyHedera algeriensis
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
