BOTANIC GARDEN, CAMBRIDGE 16 ha
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🦉 Wildlife✦ Heritage🦅 Birds
Public access Dogs welcome 16 ha
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About BOTANIC GARDEN, CAMBRIDGE The Cambridge University Botanic Garden is a botanical garden located in Cambridge, England, associated with the university Department of Plant Sciences. It lies between Trumpington Road to the west, Bateman Street to the north and Hills Road to the east.
Read more on Wikipedia → Botanical garden Grade II* listed park and garden c. 1831
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 ✦ 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ 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 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +36 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +36 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, White Dead-nettle, Primrose +33 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, White Dead-nettle, Primrose +33 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Pea-leaf Weevil, Red-belted Cleaver +23 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Pea-leaf Weevil, Red-belted Cleaver +23 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 17 signed routes nearby · 34 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Rowan's Walk Walking route 2.6 km ▾
Rowans Walk is a 2.57km circular walk on grassy tracks
Named route Length 2.6 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 2 - Yellow Markers) Walking route 2.8 km ▾
A short circular walk around Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook and a small wood called The Spinney
Named route Length 2.8 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 3 - Blue Markers) Walking route 3.7 km ▾
A circular walk around several Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook
Named route Length 3.7 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Crusoe Bridge public footpath · 9 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 9 m Path type: footway
Show on map New Bit public footpath · 301 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 301 m Surface asphalt Path type: cycleway
Show on map Crusoe Bridge public footpath · 4 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 4 m Path type: steps
Show on map 136 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 51 National Cycle Network
Show on map SE Cambridge Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge station to Trumpington Park and Ride Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge secondary cycle network Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Coton Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge signed cycle routes network Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
88,011 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 88,011 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · Robin · Blue Tit +17
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Tit Parus major Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Greylag Goose Anser anser Mute Swan Cygnus olor Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Dunnock Prunella modularis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius Redwing Turdus iliacus Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Pea-leaf Weevil · Red-belted Cleaver · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Trioza centranthi · Corizus hyoscyami +3
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus Red-belted Cleaver Aglaostigma aucupariae Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Phaonia subventa Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Shepherd's-purse · White Dead-nettle · Red Dead-nettle · Wall Lettuce +25
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris White Dead-nettle Lamium album Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis Daisy Bellis perennis Primrose Primula vulgaris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 88,011 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · Robin · Blue Tit +17
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Tit Parus major Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Greylag Goose Anser anser Mute Swan Cygnus olor Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Dunnock Prunella modularis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius Redwing Turdus iliacus Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Pea-leaf Weevil · Red-belted Cleaver · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Trioza centranthi · Corizus hyoscyami +3
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus Red-belted Cleaver Aglaostigma aucupariae Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Phaonia subventa Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Shepherd's-purse · White Dead-nettle · Red Dead-nettle · Wall Lettuce +25
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris White Dead-nettle Lamium album Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis Daisy Bellis perennis Primrose Primula vulgaris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Phaonia subventa
Phaonia subventa
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus
Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus
Small Teasel Dipsacus pilosus
Small Teasel Dipsacus pilosus
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Cowslip Primula veris
Cowslip Primula veris
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis
Red Campion Silene dioica
Red Campion Silene dioica
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Siberian Squill Scilla siberica
Siberian Squill Scilla siberica
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