Barford Road Pocket Park
57 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome57 ha
Getting here
52.21296, -0.27809
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 339m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 339m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Woodpigeon +80 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Woodpigeon +80 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Norfolk Aeshna, 7-spot Ladybird, Banded Demoiselle +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Green Alkanet, Garlic Mustard, Elder +93 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 12
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km▾
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 2 (Turvey to Eaton Socon)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 3 (Eaton Socon to Brandon Creek)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route HDC 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 10Local cycle route
Route HDC 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 8Local cycle route
Route HDC 9iCycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 9iLocal cycle route
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route HDC 9iiiCycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 9iiiLocal cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
42,694 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
42,694 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Mute Swan · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Magpie +41
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Rabbit · Mole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Alder Leaf Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Cantharis livida · Dock Bug · Banded Demoiselle +1
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cantharis lividaCantharis livida
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Fever FlyDilophus febrilis
Dwarf Mallow · Germander Speedwell · Field Bindweed · Lesser Celandine · Himalayan Balsam +56
- Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Common CouchElymus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,694 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Mute Swan · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Magpie +41
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Rabbit · Mole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Alder Leaf Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Cantharis livida · Dock Bug · Banded Demoiselle +1
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cantharis lividaCantharis livida
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Fever FlyDilophus febrilis
Dwarf Mallow · Germander Speedwell · Field Bindweed · Lesser Celandine · Himalayan Balsam +56
- Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Common CouchElymus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Peach-leaved BellflowerCampanula persicifolia2025Peach-leaved BellflowerCampanula persicifolia2025Crested Cow-wheatMelampyrum cristatum2025Crested Cow-wheatMelampyrum cristatum2025Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2025Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025White BryonyBryonia dioica2025White BryonyBryonia dioica2025Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025NipplewortLapsana communis2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Sweet-flagAcorus calamus2025Sweet-flagAcorus calamus2025Great Yellow-cressRorippa amphibia2025Great Yellow-cressRorippa amphibia2025Events & activities nearby
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