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Getting here
52.24525, -0.86592
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 221m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 221m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional 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
175 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 536Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 536National Cycle Network
Brampton Valley WayCycling route▾
Northampton Cycle Network Connect2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef Connect2Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
NorbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 539Round tripNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route874 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 874 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
40,943 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
40,943 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Magpie · Jackdaw · Starling · Rock Dove +45
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common GullLarus canus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Red Dead-nettle · Green Alkanet · Common Field-speedwell · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Common Chickweed +6
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Lesser Celandine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
40,943 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Magpie · Jackdaw · Starling · Rock Dove +45
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common GullLarus canus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Red Dead-nettle · Green Alkanet · Common Field-speedwell · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Common Chickweed +6
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Lesser Celandine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ficaria verna
Ficaria verna
CowslipPrimula verisCowslipPrimula verisGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorata