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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
52.33792, 0.52631
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Nature reserve; Birds — Wren, Goldfinch, Great Tit +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
Nature reserve; Birds — Wren, Goldfinch, Great Tit +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sweet Violet, Primrose, Apple-of-Peru +18 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Firebug, Cream-spot Ladybird, Hollyhock Weevil +5 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Lark Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 24 kmLocal walking route
The Great Barrow WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 104 mi
The Warrener's World TrailWalking route3.2 km▾
Named routeLength 3.2 kmLocal walking route
BlueWalking route▾
Lark Valley Pathpublic footpath · 532 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 532 mSurface grassPath type: path
Lark Valley Pathpublic footpath · 108 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 108 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Lark Valley Pathpublic footpath · 3 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 3 mSurface compactedPath type: footway
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
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
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Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
16,466 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,466 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wren · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Grey Heron +42
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects8 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Firebug · Cream-spot Ladybird · Hollyhock Weevil · Varied Carpet Beetle · Stictopleurus abutilon +3
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre2025
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Stictopleurus abutilonStictopleurus abutilon2025
- 7-spot Ladybird
Sweet Violet · Primrose · Apple-of-Peru · Wood Forget-me-not · Marsh-marigold +16
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Apple-of-PeruNicandra physalodes2025
- Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
- Ground-ivy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,466 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wren · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Grey Heron +42
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects8 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Firebug · Cream-spot Ladybird · Hollyhock Weevil · Varied Carpet Beetle · Stictopleurus abutilon +3
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre2025
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Stictopleurus abutilonStictopleurus abutilon2025
- 7-spot Ladybird
Sweet Violet · Primrose · Apple-of-Peru · Wood Forget-me-not · Marsh-marigold +16
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Apple-of-PeruNicandra physalodes2025
- Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
- Ground-ivy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coccinella septempunctata2025
Coccinella septempunctata2025
Wormwood MoonshinerAmara fusca2025Wormwood MoonshinerAmara fusca2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Glechoma hederacea
Glechoma hederacea
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaStriped SquillPuschkinia scilloidesStriped SquillPuschkinia scilloidesSpotted MedickMedicago arabicaSpotted MedickMedicago arabicaGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensSpring StarflowerTristagma uniflorumSpring StarflowerTristagma uniflorumClimbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculataClimbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculataHyacinthHyacinthus orientalisHyacinthHyacinthus orientalisCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumItalian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicumItalian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicumSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusEvents & activities nearby
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