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Beech Wood Green Burial

2 ha

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePicnic spot

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +95 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +95 more · last seen 2025

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — White Dead-nettle, Hawthorn, Ribwort Plantain +51 more · last seen 2025; Plants — White Dead-nettle, Hawthorn, Ribwort Plantain +51 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — White Dead-nettle, Hawthorn, Bramble +11 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Sutton Bridge to SkegnessWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

50 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 Boston to Lincoln

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Lister WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Marsh Lane Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

London Road Cycle Route (Boston)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Norwich - Lincoln

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 King's Lynn to Boston

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

4,870 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,870 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

summer

2025

Blackbird · Swift · Magpie · Swallow · Oystercatcher +65

BlackbirdTurdus merula
SwiftApus apus
MagpiePica pica
SwallowHirundo rustica
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common TernSterna hirundo
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RedshankTringa totanus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
CurlewNumenius arquata
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great TitParus major
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Little StintCalidris minuta2024
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Little TernSternula albifrons2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
KnotCalidris canutus2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
RazorbillAlca torda2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2024

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2025

Common Carder Bee · Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Blue-tailed Damselfly · 14-spot Ladybird +6

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis

🌿

Plants19 species

autumn

2025

White Campion · Ribwort Plantain · Monkey-puzzle · White Dead-nettle · Common Poppy +14

White CampionSilene latifolia
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Monkey-puzzleAraucaria araucana
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
HawthornCrataegus monogyna

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,870 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

summer

2025

Blackbird · Swift · Magpie · Swallow · Oystercatcher +65

BlackbirdTurdus merula
SwiftApus apus
MagpiePica pica
SwallowHirundo rustica
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common TernSterna hirundo
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RedshankTringa totanus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
CurlewNumenius arquata
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great TitParus major
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Little StintCalidris minuta2024
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Little TernSternula albifrons2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
KnotCalidris canutus2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
RazorbillAlca torda2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2024

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2025

Common Carder Bee · Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Blue-tailed Damselfly · 14-spot Ladybird +6

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis

🌿

Plants19 species

autumn

2025

White Campion · Ribwort Plantain · Monkey-puzzle · White Dead-nettle · Common Poppy +14

White CampionSilene latifolia
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Monkey-puzzleAraucaria araucana
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
HawthornCrataegus monogyna

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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