🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Robin
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Robin
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Good to know
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking
Best for
9 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackcap, Robin, Skylark +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
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Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: REMAINS OF BENINGTON CASTLE (IN GROUNDS OF THE LORDSHIP 15 METRES TO SOUTH EAST OF HOUSE); Historic site with public access
Free
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Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Blackcap, Robin, Skylark +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
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Foraging
Strong match
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Field-speedwell, Daisy, Garden Grape-hyacinth +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
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Insect spotting
Strong match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird +3 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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15 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
STOOP Link Path 2 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 3 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 3 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 4 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 1 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 2 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
Great Ashby Woodland WalkWalking route▾
Named route
circular walkWalking route▾
A circular walking route joining Graveley and Weston
Named route
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Cycling
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7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
recreational cycle route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route39 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route719 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 719 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route172 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 172 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 7 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Horse riding
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9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Cotton Lanebyway open to all traffic · 1.8 km▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.8 kmPath type: track
Duck Lanebyway open to all traffic · 366 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 366 mSurface pavedPath type: unclassified
