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🌱 Urban park

Great Cornard Recreation Ground

5 ha

Getting here

52.02976, 0.74918

Best for

6 activities

Playgrounds

Free82%

playground, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Cycling

Varies65%

Named cycling route nearby: South Suffolk Cycle Route A2 (Bures Loop)

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Hiking

Free58%

Named hiking route nearby: Gainsborough Trail Great Cornard Walk

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

24

6 named nearby · 18 public paths

Named routePublic access
🚴

Cycling

20

20 named nearby

Named route
🐴

Horse riding

1

1 public path

Public access

Named routes and paths nearby

Suffolk Threads Heritage Trail · Walking0
Gainsborough Trail Meadow Walk · Walking0
Melford Hall to Sudbury Mill Walk, Melford Hall · Walking8.8 km
South Suffolk Cycle Route A1 · Cycling0
N/A · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
The Drift · public footpath
Hartest Way · public footpath

About this urban park

Great Cornard Recreation Ground is a urban park covering 5 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Great Cornard St Andrew’s church

Great Cornard St Andrew’s church

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

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Parking

Melso Close · 238m

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Playground

2 · 49m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km