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🌱 Urban park

Watermeadows

65 ha

📷 DS Pugh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

DogsFamilyPicnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome65 ha

Getting here

52.13216, -0.98294

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Best for

3 activities

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

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5 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Knightley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Grafton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾

Coy Carp to Brentford section

Named routeRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
Named route
Meeting Lanepublic footpath · 82 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 82 mPath type: service
Meeting Lanepublic footpath · 5 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 5 mSurface asphaltPath type: path
Meeting Lanepublic footpath · 7 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mPath type: path
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Cycling

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1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Northamptonshire Cycle Network N-TCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route

About this urban park

Watermeadows is a urban park covering 65 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

22 photos from nearby open sources

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Watermeadows flood plain

📷 DS Pugh · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Watermeadows flood plain

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Visiting this spring

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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  • 🐦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

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Parking

10 nearby · Paid · 310m

✓ 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

🌱Bury Mount GreenUrban park400 m→🌱River WalkUrban park1.1 km→✦EASTON NESTONHistoric site700 m→🌱Shires Meadow ParkUrban park700 m→✦STOKE PARKHistoric site4.4 km→🌱Sawpit GreenUrban park500 m→