HINWICK HOUSE
✦ Ancient woodland24 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient💜Bluebells
Public accessDogs welcome24 ha
Getting here
52.24706, -0.63002
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rook and Robin
- 🌳Ancient woodland 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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rook and Robin
- 🌳Ancient woodland 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
10 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rook, Robin, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Birds — Rook, Robin, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Historic site with public access
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Ribwort Plantain, Spear Thistle +187 more · last seen 2018
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Three Shires WayWalking route79 km▾
49 mile route liking the Swan's Way to the Grafham Water circular walk, which it now incorporates, made up largely of bridleways.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km▾
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 2 (Turvey to Eaton Socon)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Beds)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
About this historic site
Grade II registered historic park and garden
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Hinwick House and Parkland
Photos
Hinwick House and Parkland
✦ Ancient✓ Public access🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
2018
2018
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Dandelion
Taraxacum
Taraxacum
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crispusWilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitidaWilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitidaRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumColumbineAquilegia vulgarisColumbineAquilegia vulgarisOpium PoppyPapaver somniferumOpium PoppyPapaver somniferumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaLamb's-earStachys byzantinaLamb's-earStachys byzantinaMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisBearded CouchElymus caninusBearded CouchElymus caninusMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisGreater CelandineChelidonium majusGreater CelandineChelidonium majusWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaCallitriche aggregateCallitriche aggregateCallitriche aggregateCallitriche aggregateDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesLimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaeaLimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaeaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisCalystegia sepiumCalystegia sepiumCalystegia sepiumCalystegia sepiumArenaria serpyllifoliaArenaria serpyllifoliaArenaria serpyllifoliaArenaria serpyllifoliaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumRed CurrantRibes rubrumRed CurrantRibes rubrumField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisTansyTanacetum vulgareTansyTanacetum vulgareSquare-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonumSquare-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonumFern-grassCatapodium rigidumFern-grassCatapodium rigidumCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaOregon-grapeMahonia aquifoliumOregon-grapeMahonia aquifoliumSpreading Meadow-grassPoa humilisSpreading Meadow-grassPoa humilisHedera helixHedera helixHedera helixHedera helixNarcissus agg.Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.HollyhockAlcea roseaHollyhockAlcea roseaBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusBroad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natansBroad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natansTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataThin-spiked Wood-sedgeCarex strigosaThin-spiked Wood-sedgeCarex strigosaJointed RushJuncus articulatusJointed RushJuncus articulatusHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumWood MelickMelica unifloraWood MelickMelica unifloraHenbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicauleHenbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicauleMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumSquare-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterumSquare-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterumHemlockConium maculatumHemlockConium maculatumReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaCommon CalamintClinopodium ascendensCommon CalamintClinopodium ascendensSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusFalse Fox-sedgeCarex otrubaeFalse Fox-sedgeCarex otrubaeWhite ComfreySymphytum orientaleWhite ComfreySymphytum orientaleWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2017Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2017BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2017BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2017Black BryonyTamus communis2017Black BryonyTamus communis2017Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2017Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2017Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare2017Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare2017Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2017Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2017Silver BirchBetula pendula2017Silver BirchBetula pendula2017Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2017Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2017Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2017Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2017Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2017Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2017Sweet VioletViola odorata2017Sweet VioletViola odorata2017Common SorrelRumex acetosa2017Common SorrelRumex acetosa2017White BryonyBryonia dioica2017White BryonyBryonia dioica2017BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2017BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2017Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2017Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2017Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota2017Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota2017Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2017Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2017Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2017Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2017Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis2017Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis2017SpindleEuonymus europaeus2017SpindleEuonymus europaeus2017Spiked SedgeCarex spicata2017Spiked SedgeCarex spicata2017Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2017Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2017AppleMalus domestica2017AppleMalus domestica2017Cultivated VetchVicia sativa subsp. sativa2017Cultivated VetchVicia sativa subsp. sativa2017DogwoodCornus sanguinea2017DogwoodCornus sanguinea2017Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2017Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2017Common SallowSalix cinerea2017Common SallowSalix cinerea2017Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2017Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2017Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2017Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2017IvyHedera helix2017IvyHedera helix2017Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2017Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2017Veronica hederifolia subsp. hederifoliaVeronica hederifolia subsp. hederifolia2017Veronica hederifolia subsp. hederifoliaVeronica hederifolia subsp. hederifolia2017White WillowSalix alba2017White WillowSalix alba2017Events & activities nearby
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