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🌱 Urban park

Henry Smith Playing Fields

8 ha

Getting here

52.12772, -0.21046

Best for

5 activities

Playgrounds

Free93%

playground, toilets, café, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Hiking

Free65%

Named hiking route nearby: North Bedfordshire Heritage Trail

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

7

6 named nearby · 1 public path

Named routePublic access
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Cycling

17

17 named nearby

Named route

Named routes and paths nearby

National Byway (Cambridgeshire) · Cycling0
Clopton Way · Walking17.7 km
Kingfisher Way · Walking0
Greensand Ridge Walk · Walking64 km
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling

About this urban park

Henry Smith Playing Fields is a urban park covering 8 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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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

1 nearby · 235m

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Parking

Brook End car park · Free · 105m

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Playground

163m away

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Toilets

180m 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