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Bute Park for the young-at-heart

There are several trails, activities and play features throughout Bute Park for you to enjoy. Many will help you learn more about the park and what lives within it.

Stuttgart Garden

The City between the wood and vines.

Story Trail

Play, have fun and follow the child friendly story trail through Bute Park. There are 5 stops along the way... A collaboration with Child Friendly Cardiff

Nature Activity Trail

Aimed at our younger visitors – this trail is ideal for those aged 4 to 10.

Dock Feeder Canal

The Dock Feeder Canal runs along the eastern boundary of Bute Park from Blackweir at the north end, south to the Castle, where it turns east, and runs along the north side of the Castle to leave the park.

Blackweir Woods

This beautiful woodland is designated as a Site of Interest for Nature Conservation (SINC) because of its importance to wildlife in Cardiff. It includes plants such as wood anemones, toothwort, moschatel (town hall clock), and ramsons (wild garlic), which are characteristic of native ancient woodland.

Cardiff Salad Garden

A range of salad leaves are grown all year round for continuous harvesting.

Meteorological Station

The present-day station is part of the Met Office network of more than 270 automatic weather stations which report a mixture of snapshot hourly observations of the weather (synoptic observations) as well as daily summaries of the weather (climate observations).

Tree Charter Pole

The Charter for Trees, Woods and People sets out the principles for a society in which people and trees can stand stronger together.

Wildlife Explorer Trail

Bute Park Wildlife Explorer Trails are available to collect at the Education Centre.