Birchwood Nature Park is located to the southwest of Lincoln, on the north side of Doddington Road (B1190) by the Doddington Road roundabout. On the north and east boundaries is housing, to the west is Hospital and Skellingthorpe Moor Plantation. It was first proposed in the early 1990s as an area of informal open space close to the steadily expanding Birchwood housing estate. The project was completed in March 1996.
The park can be accessed from:
- Doddington Road, opposite Damons Restaurant, LN6 3SE
- Witchford Close, LN6 0SS
- Elvington Road, LN6 0SP
- Greenock Way, LN6 0FD
The park is full of diverse flora and fauna. It features rough grassland, damp hollows and screening plantation woodland dominated by birch and willow trees. The nature park has two summer meadows and a spring wildflower meadow, as well as a small pond area with several footpaths. It is home to rare and endangered species such as glow-worms, skylarks, grasshoppers and slow worms, in addition to rare species of plants including corn chamomile, heath rush, bee orchid, spotted orchid and twayblade orchid.
Birchwood Nature Park covers an area of approximately 4.5 hectares, making it one of the smaller green spaces within the City of Lincoln. However, Birchwood Nature Park differs from other open spaces in the city in that among its winding footpaths it contains a variety of wooden sculptures. These sculptures were created by local chainsaw sculptor, Mick Burns.
Reporting problems with the park
If you want to report a problem with the park you can use our online form below: