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🌱 Urban park

Square Pond

4 ha

Getting here

52.08183, 0.72246

Best for

5 activities

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Cycling

Varies72%

Named cycling route nearby: Route 13

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Hiking

Free65%

Named hiking route nearby: St Edmund Way

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

31

16 named nearby · 15 public paths

Named routePublic access
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Cycling

22

22 named nearby

Named route
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Horse riding

7

7 public paths

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
Windmill Hill Walk, Melford Hall · Walking6 km
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
School Lane · bridleway
Palmerswent Close · restricted byway
Palmerswent Close · restricted byway

About this urban park

Square Pond is a urban park covering 4 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Melford Hall through the reeds in 1984

Melford Hall through the reeds in 1984

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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

Café

Old Kitchen Cafe · 104m

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Parking

1 nearby · Free · 178m

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Toilets

2 · 106m 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