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🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome42 ha
Getting here
51.86217, 0.51555
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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; Country park — designed for family visits
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
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 · 33 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Ray WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Long Lanepublic footpath · 367 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 367 mPath type: residential
72 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Notley Link PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef (16)National Cycle Network
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
(50)Cycling route▾
National Cycle Network link route between NCN 16 and Regional Route 50
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 16Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route177 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 177 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
18 public paths nearby
Public paths
Fairy Hall Lanebridleway · 322 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 322 mSurface gravelPath type: service
Photos
21 photos from nearby open sources
Meadow within Great Notley Country Park
Photos
Meadow within Great Notley Country Park
✓ 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
12,142 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,142 records · NBN AtlasBlue Tit · Kestrel · Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow
+51 more speciesHide species list
All 56 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2025Grey Squirrel · Polecat-Ferret · Rabbit
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024Smooth Newt
Birch Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Volucella pellucens · Volucella inanis · Buff-tailed Bumblebee
+18 more speciesHide species list
All 23 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,142 records · NBN AtlasBlue Tit · Kestrel · Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow
+51 more speciesHide species list
All 56 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2025Grey Squirrel · Polecat-Ferret · Rabbit
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024Smooth Newt
Birch Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Volucella pellucens · Volucella inanis · Buff-tailed Bumblebee
+18 more speciesHide species list
All 23 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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