A beautiful park, easily accessible with parking. It has wonderful little trails to follow, a lake, water features and a great little cafe that has the best hot chocolate, cakes and ice- cream with about 15 wonderful flavours to choose from.

Definitely well worth a visit to the nature reserve, multiple little lakes- one with lodges for fishing. The weir is very impressive, and has an area there to stand for a while and listen to the water rushing by. All looks very pretty & clean. There are some hides for birdwatching/squirrels & there is a little playground too.

Dogs are allowed on a lead but we saw a few that weren't but were very well trained. Many dog-wakers here as there are streams alongside to play in and the river flows through the outer edge but you need to be very cautious there and follow the signs. There are bridges over the waterways where children play 'pooh sticks', it's all very beautiful in every season.

There are many birds to be seen, notably the swans and cygnets always on the big lake, there's often the lapwing and dipper near the weir, kingfishers & herons can be seen along the river sometimes. There are the Canadian Geese there often and other beautiful birds that I don't know the name of but there's always someone there that will know and be happy to chat about them. I'm told there's a vulture too and the deer can be seen early morning at the top end of the reserve. There's always plenty of wildlife to spot. I'm lucky it's so close to home so always go there for my walks.