Barnwell Country Park
28 ha
Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome28 ha
Getting here
52.47413, -0.47641
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Woodpigeon +79 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Woodpigeon +79 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Azure Damselfly, Red-eyed Damselfly +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Lyveden WayWalking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeLength 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route63 m▾
Named routeRef 53Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route188 m▾
Named routeLength 188 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Barnwell Country Park - Children's play area in Picnic Meadow, near Oundle
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
41,306 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
41,306 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Chaffinch · Dunnock · Long-tailed Tit · Mallard +42
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TealAnas crecca
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- CootFulica atra
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
🐝Insects4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Limnephilus flavicornis · Hairy Shieldbug
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Limnephilus flavicornisLimnephilus flavicornis2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Sweet Violet · Bristly Oxtongue · Bramble · Dwarf Mallow · Curled Dock +40
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
- Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025
- Curled DockRumex crispus2025
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,306 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Chaffinch · Dunnock · Long-tailed Tit · Mallard +42
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TealAnas crecca
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- CootFulica atra
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
🐝Insects4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Limnephilus flavicornis · Hairy Shieldbug
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Limnephilus flavicornisLimnephilus flavicornis2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Sweet Violet · Bristly Oxtongue · Bramble · Dwarf Mallow · Curled Dock +40
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
- Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025
- Curled DockRumex crispus2025
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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