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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.30797, -1.05959
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Swift
- 🌿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
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Swift
- 🌿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
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Sparrow, Swift, Robin +36 more · last seen 2025
Birds — House Sparrow, Swift, Robin +36 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +83 more · last seen 2024; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Garden Grape-hyacinth, Fox-and-cubs, Love-in-a-mist +79 more · last seen 2025
Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
Photos
21 photos from nearby open sources
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,475 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,475 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds39 species
winterautumn
2025House Sparrow · Swift · Robin · Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff
+34 more speciesHide species list
All 39 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- SwiftApus apus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2017
- MagpiePica pica2017
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus2019
- RavenCorvus corax2018
- DunnockPrunella modularis2017
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2017
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2017
- Great TitParus major2017
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2017
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2017
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2017
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2017
- RookCorvus frugilegus2017
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2017
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2017
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2017
- JackdawColoeus monedula2017
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2017
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2017
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2016
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2015
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2015
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2015
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2015
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2015
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2015
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2022Hedgehog · Badger
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspringsummer
2020Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Small White · Large White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small Tortoiseshell
+81 more speciesHide species list
All 86 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Garden Grape-hyacinth · Fox-and-cubs · Love-in-a-mist · White Stonecrop · Green Field-speedwell
+77 more speciesHide species list
All 82 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2019
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2018
- Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2018
- White StonecropSedum album2019
- Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,475 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds39 species
winterautumn
2025House Sparrow · Swift · Robin · Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff
+34 more speciesHide species list
All 39 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- SwiftApus apus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2017
- MagpiePica pica2017
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus2019
- RavenCorvus corax2018
- DunnockPrunella modularis2017
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2017
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2017
- Great TitParus major2017
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2017
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2017
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2017
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2017
- RookCorvus frugilegus2017
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2017
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2017
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2017
- JackdawColoeus monedula2017
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2017
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2017
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2016
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2015
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2015
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2015
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2015
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2015
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2015
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2022Hedgehog · Badger
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspringsummer
2020Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Small White · Large White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small Tortoiseshell
+81 more speciesHide species list
All 86 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Garden Grape-hyacinth · Fox-and-cubs · Love-in-a-mist · White Stonecrop · Green Field-speedwell
+77 more speciesHide species list
All 82 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2019
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2018
- Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2018
- White StonecropSedum album2019
- Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Admiral
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Vanessa atalanta2019
Vanessa atalanta2019
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