Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.63206, -3.45044
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Asda Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Asda Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hairy Shieldbug, Formica lemani, Yellow Meadow Ant +24 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Western Pouncewort, Western Earwort, Straggling Pouchwort +107 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Penrhys PilgrimageWalking route▾
Cychoedd-a-Dolenni Loops & LinksWalking route▾
53 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rhondda Fach TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 881National Cycle Network
Proposed NCN 882Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 882National Cycle Network
Rhondda Fawr Community RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 882National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route277 m▾
Named routeRef 881Length 277 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route55 m▾
Named routeRef 881Length 55 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
29,467 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,467 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Goldfinch · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Robin +35
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- SwiftApus apus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Hairy Shieldbug · Formica lemani · Yellow Meadow Ant · Harlequin Ladybird · Leuctra +12
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Formica lemaniFormica lemani
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- LeuctraLeuctra2025
- Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025
🌿Plants7 species
springsummer
2024▾
Japanese Knotweed · Wall Cotoneaster · Himalayan Balsam · White Stonecrop · Small-leaved Cotoneaster +2
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- White StonecropSedum album
- Small-leaved CotoneasterCotoneaster microphyllus
- Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,467 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Goldfinch · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Robin +35
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- SwiftApus apus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Hairy Shieldbug · Formica lemani · Yellow Meadow Ant · Harlequin Ladybird · Leuctra +12
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Formica lemaniFormica lemani
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- LeuctraLeuctra2025
- Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025
🌿Plants7 species
springsummer
2024▾
Japanese Knotweed · Wall Cotoneaster · Himalayan Balsam · White Stonecrop · Small-leaved Cotoneaster +2
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- White StonecropSedum album
- Small-leaved CotoneasterCotoneaster microphyllus
- Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
