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Mentmore Park
77 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome77 ha
Getting here
51.86596, -0.68598
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Best for
10 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +64 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +64 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Physcia tenella, Lepraria incana s. lat., Arthonia radiata +146 more · last seen 2016
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown +33 more · last seen 2025
Dogs allowed with public access
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Elder +2 more foraging species
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The RidgewayWalking route140 km▾
Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Outer Aylesbury RingWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wild TrailWalking route3.3 km▾
Named routeLength 3.3 kmLocal walking route
Grand Union Canal (Aylesbury Arm) WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
N/ACycling route59 m▾
Named routeLength 59 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route33 m▾
Named routeLength 33 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route734 m▾
Named routeLength 734 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route24 m▾
Named routeLength 24 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
N/ACycling route289 m▾
Named routeLength 289 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
About this urban park
Mentmore Park is a urban park covering 77 hectares.
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Visiting this spring
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦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
🌱 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
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Erinaceus europaeus2020
Erinaceus europaeus2020
Brown HareLepus europaeus2022Brown HareLepus europaeus2022BadgerMeles meles2019BadgerMeles meles2019Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2016Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2016LepusLepus2018LepusLepus2018MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2018MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2018Marbled White
Marbled White
Melanargia galathea2019
Melanargia galathea2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2020Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2020Brown ArgusAricia agestis2018Brown ArgusAricia agestis2018Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202022-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2020Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2020Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2020Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius202014-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202014-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2020Dock BugCoreus marginatus2020Dock BugCoreus marginatus2020Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2019Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2019White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2017White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2017CommaPolygonia c-album2017CommaPolygonia c-album2017Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2016Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2016Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2016Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2016Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2016Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2016Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2015Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2015CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2014CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2014Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2014Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2014Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
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caperataFlavoparmelia caperataMyriolecis hageniiMyriolecis hageniiMyriolecis hageniiMyriolecis hageniiAnisomeridium polyporiAnisomeridium polyporiAnisomeridium polyporiAnisomeridium polyporiPhyscia adscendensPhyscia adscendensPhyscia adscendensPhyscia adscendensDiploicia canescensDiploicia canescensDiploicia canescensDiploicia canescensIllosporiopsis christianseniiIllosporiopsis christianseniiIllosporiopsis christianseniiIllosporiopsis christianseniiLecania naegeliiLecania naegeliiLecania naegeliiLecania naegeliiParmelia saxatilis s. lat.Parmelia saxatilis s. lat.Parmelia saxatilis s. lat.Parmelia saxatilis s. lat.Alyxoria culmigenaAlyxoria culmigenaAlyxoria culmigenaAlyxoria culmigenaPolycauliona polycarpaPolycauliona polycarpaPolycauliona polycarpaPolycauliona polycarpaAmandinea punctataAmandinea punctataAmandinea punctataAmandinea punctataPhysconia griseaPhysconia griseaPhysconia griseaPhysconia griseaLecania cyrtellaLecania cyrtellaLecania cyrtellaLecania cyrtellaErythricium aurantiacumErythricium aurantiacumErythricium aurantiacumErythricium aurantiacumChewing Gum LichenProtoparmeliopsis muralisChewing Gum LichenProtoparmeliopsis muralisZyzygomyces physciacearumZyzygomyces physciacearumZyzygomyces physciacearumZyzygomyces physciacearumParmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatumCladonia coniocraeaCladonia coniocraeaCladonia coniocraeaCladonia coniocraeaLecania rabenhorstiiLecania rabenhorstiiLecania rabenhorstiiLecania rabenhorstiiDiplotomma alboatrumDiplotomma alboatrumDiplotomma alboatrumDiplotomma alboatrumXanthocarpia crenulatellaXanthocarpia crenulatellaXanthocarpia crenulatellaXanthocarpia crenulatellaDiploschistes scruposusDiploschistes scruposusDiploschistes scruposusDiploschistes scruposusFlavoplaca arcisFlavoplaca arcisFlavoplaca arcisFlavoplaca arcisLecanora horizaLecanora horizaLecanora horizaLecanora horizaXanthoparmelia verruculiferaXanthoparmelia verruculiferaXanthoparmelia verruculiferaXanthoparmelia verruculiferaCatillaria chalybeia var. chalybeiaCatillaria chalybeia var. chalybeiaCatillaria chalybeia var. chalybeiaCatillaria chalybeia var. chalybeiaProtoblastenia rupestrisProtoblastenia rupestrisProtoblastenia rupestrisProtoblastenia rupestrisClathroporinopsis nidarosiensisClathroporinopsis nidarosiensisClathroporinopsis nidarosiensisClathroporinopsis nidarosiensisLathagrium auriformeLathagrium auriformeLathagrium auriformeLathagrium auriformePorpidia tuberculosaPorpidia tuberculosaPorpidia tuberculosaPorpidia tuberculosaVerrucariaVerrucariaVerrucariaVerrucariaMyriolecis dispersaMyriolecis dispersaMyriolecis dispersaMyriolecis dispersaCandelariella vitellina f. vitellinaCandelariella vitellina f. vitellinaCandelariella vitellina f. vitellinaCandelariella vitellina f. vitellinaVerrucaria polystictaVerrucaria polystictaVerrucaria polystictaVerrucaria polystictaTrapelia obtegensTrapelia obtegensTrapelia obtegensTrapelia obtegensBuellia aethaleaBuellia aethaleaBuellia aethaleaBuellia aethaleaPorina byssophilaPorina byssophilaPorina byssophilaPorina byssophilaPyrenodesmia variabilisPyrenodesmia variabilisPyrenodesmia variabilisPyrenodesmia variabilisLecanora sulphureaLecanora sulphureaLecanora sulphureaLecanora sulphureaPsilolechia lucidaPsilolechia lucidaPsilolechia lucidaPsilolechia lucidaMyriolecis albescensMyriolecis albescensMyriolecis albescensMyriolecis albescensCircinaria calcareaCircinaria calcareaCircinaria calcareaCircinaria calcareaFlavoplaca flavocitrinaFlavoplaca flavocitrinaFlavoplaca flavocitrinaFlavoplaca flavocitrinaLecanora confusaLecanora confusaLecanora confusaLecanora confusaCaloplaca chlorinaCaloplaca chlorinaCaloplaca chlorinaCaloplaca chlorinaVerrucaria ochrostomaVerrucaria ochrostomaVerrucaria ochrostomaVerrucaria ochrostomaBacidina egenulaBacidina egenulaBacidina egenulaBacidina egenulaVerrucaria macrostoma f. furfuraceaVerrucaria macrostoma f. furfuraceaVerrucaria macrostoma f. furfuraceaVerrucaria macrostoma f. furfuraceaScytinium plicatileScytinium plicatileScytinium plicatileScytinium plicatileMelanohalea elegantulaMelanohalea elegantulaMelanohalea elegantulaMelanohalea elegantulaDark CrottleHypogymnia physodesDark CrottleHypogymnia physodesRhizocarpon reductumRhizocarpon reductumRhizocarpon reductumRhizocarpon reductumCatillaria lenticularisCatillaria lenticularisCatillaria lenticularisCatillaria lenticularisLecanora symmictaLecanora symmictaLecanora symmictaLecanora symmictaVerrucaria viridulaVerrucaria viridulaVerrucaria viridulaVerrucaria viridulaVariospora aurantiaVariospora aurantiaVariospora aurantiaVariospora aurantiaThelidium pyrenophorumThelidium pyrenophorumThelidium pyrenophorumThelidium pyrenophorumLecanora campestris subsp. campestrisLecanora campestris subsp. campestrisLecanora campestris subsp. campestrisLecanora campestris subsp. campestrisDichoporis tayloriiDichoporis tayloriiDichoporis tayloriiDichoporis tayloriiAlyxoria variaAlyxoria variaAlyxoria variaAlyxoria variaLecanora soraliferaLecanora soraliferaLecanora soraliferaLecanora soraliferaFlavoplaca limoniaFlavoplaca limoniaFlavoplaca limoniaFlavoplaca limoniaCircinaria contortaCircinaria contortaCircinaria contortaCircinaria contortaFlavoplaca ruderumFlavoplaca ruderumFlavoplaca ruderumFlavoplaca ruderumHypocenomyce scalarisHypocenomyce scalarisHypocenomyce scalarisHypocenomyce scalarisScoliciosporum umbrinumScoliciosporum umbrinumScoliciosporum umbrinumScoliciosporum umbrinumPlacopyrenium fuscellumPlacopyrenium fuscellumPlacopyrenium fuscellumPlacopyrenium fuscellumLecanora polytropaLecanora polytropaLecanora polytropaLecanora polytropaVerrucaria romeanaVerrucaria romeanaVerrucaria romeanaVerrucaria romeanaLeimonis erraticaLeimonis erraticaLeimonis erraticaLeimonis erraticaLecania erysibe s. lat.Lecania erysibe s. lat.Lecania erysibe s. lat.Lecania erysibe s. lat.Kuettlingeria teicholytaKuettlingeria teicholytaKuettlingeria teicholytaKuettlingeria teicholytaVerrucaria nigrescens f. tectorumVerrucaria nigrescens f. tectorumVerrucaria nigrescens f. tectorumVerrucaria nigrescens f. tectorumLecania inundataLecania inundataLecania inundataLecania inundataStrangosporaStrangosporaStrangosporaStrangosporaVerrucaria hochstetteriVerrucaria hochstetteriVerrucaria hochstetteriVerrucaria hochstetteriSarcogyne regularisSarcogyne regularisSarcogyne regularisSarcogyne regularisRinodina oleaeRinodina oleaeRinodina oleaeRinodina oleaeCandelariella reflexaCandelariella reflexaCandelariella reflexaCandelariella reflexaPolycauliona ucrainicaPolycauliona ucrainicaPolycauliona ucrainicaPolycauliona ucrainicaAcarospora fuscataAcarospora fuscataAcarospora fuscataAcarospora fuscataPorpidia soredizodesPorpidia soredizodesPorpidia soredizodesPorpidia soredizodesVariospora flavescensVariospora flavescensVariospora flavescensVariospora flavescensAlyxoria viridipruinosaAlyxoria viridipruinosaAlyxoria viridipruinosaAlyxoria viridipruinosaFlavoplaca dichroaFlavoplaca dichroaFlavoplaca dichroaFlavoplaca dichroaMyriolecis crenulataMyriolecis crenulataMyriolecis crenulataMyriolecis crenulataLepraria vouauxiiLepraria vouauxiiLepraria vouauxiiLepraria vouauxiiToniniopsis aromaticaToniniopsis aromaticaToniniopsis aromaticaToniniopsis aromaticaWeddellomyces epicallopismaWeddellomyces epicallopismaWeddellomyces epicallopismaWeddellomyces epicallopismaVerrucaria nigrescens f. nigrescensVerrucaria nigrescens f. nigrescensVerrucaria nigrescens f. nigrescensVerrucaria nigrescens f. nigrescensLecanora orostheaLecanora orostheaLecanora orostheaLecanora orostheaCandelariella aurella f. aurellaCandelariella aurella f. aurellaCandelariella aurella f. aurellaCandelariella aurella f. aurellaThelidium incavatumThelidium incavatumThelidium incavatumThelidium incavatumCollemopsis schaereriCollemopsis schaereriCollemopsis schaereriCollemopsis schaereriXanthoparmelia mougeotiiXanthoparmelia mougeotiiXanthoparmelia mougeotiiXanthoparmelia mougeotiiVerrucaria macrostoma f. macrostomaVerrucaria macrostoma f. macrostomaVerrucaria macrostoma f. macrostomaVerrucaria macrostoma f. macrostomaPsammina stipitataPsammina stipitataPsammina stipitataPsammina stipitataLecania turicensisLecania turicensisLecania turicensisLecania turicensisHypotrachyna revoluta s. str.Hypotrachyna revoluta s. str.Hypotrachyna revoluta s. str.Hypotrachyna revoluta s. str.Verrucaria elaeinaVerrucaria elaeinaVerrucaria elaeinaVerrucaria elaeinaBlack ShieldsTephromela atra var. atraBlack ShieldsTephromela atra var. atraBilimbia sabuletorumBilimbia sabuletorumBilimbia sabuletorumBilimbia sabuletorumLecidella scabraLecidella scabraLecidella scabraLecidella scabraXanthoriicola physciaeXanthoriicola physciaeXanthoriicola physciaeXanthoriicola physciaeBuellia ocellataBuellia ocellataBuellia ocellataBuellia ocellataCatillaria atomarioidesCatillaria atomarioidesCatillaria atomarioidesCatillaria atomarioidesFlavoplaca austrocitrinaFlavoplaca austrocitrinaFlavoplaca austrocitrinaFlavoplaca austrocitrinaLecania hutchinsiaeLecania hutchinsiaeLecania hutchinsiaeLecania hutchinsiaeVerrucaria muralisVerrucaria muralisVerrucaria muralisVerrucaria muralisHaematomma ochroleucum var. ochroleucumHaematomma ochroleucum var. ochroleucumHaematomma ochroleucum var. ochroleucumHaematomma ochroleucum var. ochroleucumScytinium turgidumScytinium turgidumScytinium turgidumScytinium turgidumLecidella stigmateaLecidella stigmateaLecidella stigmateaLecidella stigmateaFlavoplaca oasisFlavoplaca oasisFlavoplaca oasisFlavoplaca oasisPorina aeneaPorina aeneaPorina aeneaPorina aeneaBacidina friesianaBacidina friesianaBacidina friesianaBacidina friesianaHyperphyscia adglutinataHyperphyscia adglutinataHyperphyscia adglutinataHyperphyscia adglutinataTrapeliopsis flexuosaTrapeliopsis flexuosaTrapeliopsis flexuosaTrapeliopsis flexuosaLecanora argentataLecanora argentataLecanora argentataLecanora argentataGlaucomaria carpineaGlaucomaria carpineaGlaucomaria carpineaGlaucomaria carpineaLecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoidesLecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoidesLecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoidesLecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoidesOpegrapha niveoatraOpegrapha niveoatraOpegrapha niveoatraOpegrapha niveoatraCatillaria nigroclavataCatillaria nigroclavataCatillaria nigroclavataCatillaria nigroclavataCandelaria concolorCandelaria concolorCandelaria concolorCandelaria concolorUnguiculariopsis thallophilaUnguiculariopsis thallophilaUnguiculariopsis thallophilaUnguiculariopsis thallophilaCaloplaca obscurellaCaloplaca obscurellaCaloplaca obscurellaCaloplaca obscurellaCladonia fimbriataCladonia fimbriataCladonia fimbriataCladonia fimbriataHypotrachyna afrorevolutaHypotrachyna afrorevolutaHypotrachyna afrorevolutaHypotrachyna afrorevolutaFuscidea lightfootiiFuscidea lightfootiiFuscidea lightfootiiFuscidea lightfootiiHypogymnia tubulosaHypogymnia tubulosaHypogymnia tubulosaHypogymnia tubulosaCoenogonium pinetiCoenogonium pinetiCoenogonium pinetiCoenogonium pinetiScript LichenGraphis scripta s. lat.Script LichenGraphis scripta s. lat.Bellis perennis
Bellis perennis
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumBittersweetSolanum dulcamara2020BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2020Events & activities nearby
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