🦅Birds🦉Wildlife⚽Pitches
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
51.98809, -0.19409
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Jackdaw
- ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Jackdaw
- ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
⚽Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Playing field
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 53 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
STOOP - Stevenage Outer Orbital PathWalking route▾
A 27 mile circular walking route around Stevenage
Named routeLocal walking route
Etonbury Green WheelWalking route17 km▾
Named routeLength 17 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Kingfisher WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Meeting House Lanepublic footpath · 75 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 75 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Pepys Waypublic footpath · 69 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 69 mSurface groundPath type: service
Farriers Closepublic footpath · 49 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 49 mPath type: residential
79 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route96 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 96 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route250 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 250 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route134 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 134 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface 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
Back Lanebridleway · 16 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 16 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Back Lanebridleway · 356 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 356 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Back Lanebridleway · 16 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 16 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Back Lanebridleway · 396 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 396 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
30,703 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,703 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Brown Hare · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐝Insects7 species
springautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Trioza centranthi · Bicolorous Sawfly +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
- Bicolorous SawflyHemichroa australis2025
- Siphoninus phillyreae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,703 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Brown Hare · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐝Insects7 species
springautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Trioza centranthi · Bicolorous Sawfly +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
- Bicolorous SawflyHemichroa australis2025
- Siphoninus phillyreae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Siphoninus phillyreae2025
Siphoninus phillyreae2025
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