Bancroft Recreation Ground
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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife⚽ Pitches
Public access Dogs welcome
Places › England › Eastern › North Hertfordshire Getting here
51.95270, -0.27429
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Carrion Crow ⚽ 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
🐦 61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Carrion Crow ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Rock Dove, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +58 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 km 15 signed routes nearby · 28 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
STOOP Link Path 8 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path Link Walking route ▾
Link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 11 o'clock on clockface)
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Kingfisher Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map circular walk Walking route ▾
A circular walking route joining Graveley and Weston
Named route
Show on map Garden City 15 Walking route ▾
Letchworth Greenway Walking route ▾
13.6 mile (21.8km) walking route around Letchworth
Named route
Show on map Elmside Walk public footpath · 161 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 161 m Surface asphalt Path type: pedestrian
Show on map Churchyard Walk public footpath · 14 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 14 m Surface paving_stones Path type: footway
Show on map Elmside Walk public footpath · 13 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 13 m Surface asphalt Path type: footway
Show on map 62 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 National Cycle Network
Show on map Recreational Cycle Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Local circular? cycle route
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Chilterns Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 12 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2.5 km ▾
Named route Ref 12 Length 2.5 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 305 m ▾
Named route Ref 12 Length 305 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle Trail Mountain bike route 226 km ▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named route Length 226 km Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
112,275 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 112,275 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Starling · Magpie · Rock Dove +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Mute Swan Cygnus olor Goldcrest Regulus regulus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Red Fox · Hedgehog
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐝 Insects 17 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Juniper Shieldbug · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus +12
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Syrphus Syrphus Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Common Feather-moss
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 112,275 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Starling · Magpie · Rock Dove +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Mute Swan Cygnus olor Goldcrest Regulus regulus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Red Fox · Hedgehog
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐝 Insects 17 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Juniper Shieldbug · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus +12
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Syrphus Syrphus Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Common Feather-moss
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eupeodes
Eupeodes
Eupeodes
Eupeodes
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Viburnum Scale Lichtensia viburni
Viburnum Scale Lichtensia viburni
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea
Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus
Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale 