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🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
52.47403, -0.47642
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
9 activities🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Country park — designed for family visits
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Country park — good for group day out
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Dogs allowed — country park
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Lyveden WayWalking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeLength 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route63 m▾
Named routeRef 53Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route188 m▾
Named routeLength 188 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
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Barnwell Country Park - Children's play area in Picnic Meadow, near Oundle
Photos
Barnwell Country Park - Children's play area in Picnic Meadow, near Oundle
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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Wildlife to spot
41,305 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,305 records · NBN AtlasMute Swan · Chaffinch · Dunnock · Long-tailed Tit · Mallard
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All 47 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TealAnas crecca
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- CootFulica atra
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
🐝Insects4 species
winterautumn
20267-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Limnephilus flavicornis · Hairy Shieldbug
Sweet Violet · Bristly Oxtongue · Bramble · Dwarf Mallow · Curled Dock
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All 45 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
- Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025
- Curled DockRumex crispus2025
- Pedunculate Oak
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,305 records · NBN AtlasMute Swan · Chaffinch · Dunnock · Long-tailed Tit · Mallard
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TealAnas crecca
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- CootFulica atra
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
🐝Insects4 species
winterautumn
20267-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Limnephilus flavicornis · Hairy Shieldbug
Sweet Violet · Bristly Oxtongue · Bramble · Dwarf Mallow · Curled Dock
+40 more speciesHide species list
All 45 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
- Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025
- Curled DockRumex crispus2025
- Pedunculate Oak
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Quercus robur2025
Quercus robur2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2025Musk ThistleCarduus nutans2025Musk ThistleCarduus nutans2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Chenopodium albumChenopodium album2025Chenopodium albumChenopodium album2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Stellaria mediaStellaria media2025Stellaria mediaStellaria media2025Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum2025Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Common VetchVicia sativa2025Common VetchVicia sativa2025Common OracheAtriplex patula2025Common OracheAtriplex patula2025SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia2025SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025FennelFoeniculum vulgare2025FennelFoeniculum vulgare2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Rosa caninaRosa canina2025Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2025Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2025Field PansyViola arvensis2025Field PansyViola arvensis2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025