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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome331 ha
Getting here
52.28038, -0.99990
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Nuthatch and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Nuthatch and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Marsh Tit +30 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Marsh Tit +30 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: ALTHORP HOUSE
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cow Parsley, Ground-ivy, Garlic Mustard +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NorbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 539Round tripNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route161 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 161 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route520 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 520 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route409 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 409 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route887 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 887 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route21 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 21 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Path past a flower border in Althorp Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
3,223 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,223 records · National Biodiversity NetworkNuthatch · Blue Tit · Marsh Tit · Coal Tit · Great Tit +28
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CootFulica atra2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Field Grasshopper
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Cow Parsley · Ground-ivy · Garlic Mustard · White Campion · Bluebell +72
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- VelvetleafAbutilon theophrasti2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,223 records · National Biodiversity NetworkNuthatch · Blue Tit · Marsh Tit · Coal Tit · Great Tit +28
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CootFulica atra2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Field Grasshopper
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Cow Parsley · Ground-ivy · Garlic Mustard · White Campion · Bluebell +72
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- VelvetleafAbutilon theophrasti2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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