The car park is reached by going through a housing estate - there is a brown tourist sign off Scalford Road onto Wymondham Way, follow this road right to the bottom.

The cafe has some good displays about what to see at the park, and there are leaflets available on where you can and can't take your dog. (Areas in the park are classified as "dogs run free", "dogs on leads" and "no dogs", to allow wildlife some peace and quiet).

There is an area of young woodland near the visitor centre and a specially created woodland walk through this. There is also a wildlife walk through the park, as well as many footpaths, some of which have a tarmac surface and are fully accessible.

As well as the formal play area near the visitor centre, there are sculptures and other less formal play equipment dotted about in the park, which the kids love to discover and play on.

The park is predominantly wetland, with 3 main lakes providing refuge for a host of waterfowl, insect life and small mammals such as water voles.

There is a hide for bird watching and you are likely to see Tufted Duck, Mallard, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Coot, Moorhen, Ruddy Duck, Mute Swan and the Grey Heron as well as other less common species.

The lakes are home to Great Crested Newts and typical vegetation around the waters edge includes Water Forget-me-not, Watermint, Figwort, Gipsywort, Brooklime, Reedmace ( Bullrush) and great Willowherb.