Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.96994, -0.58077
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
9 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Dunnock +77 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Dunnock +77 more · last seen 2025; Lowland calcareous grassland priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Peacock, Large White, Red Admiral +31 more · last seen 2025
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Polycauliona polycarpa, Flavoplaca oasis, Diplotomma alboatrum +43 more · last seen 2010
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22Regional cycle route
Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Regional cycle route
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
National Byway (Grantham Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Heath Lanerestricted byway · 590 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 590 mPath type: track
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Honington Camp: aerial 2018
Photos
Honington Camp: aerial 2018
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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