Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.73414, 0.44216
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Mallard +62 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Mallard +62 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Migrant Hawker, Willow Emerald Damselfly +35 more · last seen 2026
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 1
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary CircleWalking route34 km▾
Named routeLength 34 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Pleasure Gardens WalkWalking route▾
Repton's WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hylands Estate Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hylands Lower Estate WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
62 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Great Waltham to City Centre Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route801 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 801 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route420 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 420 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Lawford Lanebridleway · 695 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 695 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Lawford Lanebridleway · 92 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 92 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Lawford Lanebridleway · 28 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 28 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Lawford Lanebridleway · 9 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 9 mSurface pavedPath type: cycleway
Lawford Lanebridleway · 50 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 50 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
26,963 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,963 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie +33
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CootFulica atra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
7-spot Ladybird · Cheilosia grossa · Pea-leaf Weevil · Green Shieldbug · Dock Bug +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,963 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie +33
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CootFulica atra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
7-spot Ladybird · Cheilosia grossa · Pea-leaf Weevil · Green Shieldbug · Dock Bug +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Small Black AntLasius niger
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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