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Bowl barrow on Goffers Knoll

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📷 David Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

52.06295, 0.02863

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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
  • ✦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

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
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Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer, Rook +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer, Rook +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Large White +78 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Large White +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Pyramidal Orchid, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Knapweed Broomrape +22 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Pyramidal Orchid, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Knapweed Broomrape +22 more · last seen 2023

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
RSPB Fowlmere Nature TrailWalking route

Nature trail around RSPB Fowlmere

Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling

31 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route

National Byway route through Cambridgeshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route209 m
Named routeLength 209 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route356 m
Named routeLength 356 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route23 m
Named routeLength 23 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route109 m
Named routeLength 109 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route70 m
Named routeLength 70 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

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

Wildlife to spot

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Goffers Knoll

📷 David Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Goffers Knoll

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱The Crossalmerode GardenUrban park3.7 km→🌱Priory GardensUrban park3.8 km→🌱The Priory Memorial GardensUrban park3.8 km→✦Bran Ditch: an Anglo-Saxon bank and ditch between Fowlmere and Heydon, including an Anglo-Saxon burial ground, a section of medieval lynchet and an Iron Age enclosureHistoric site2.5 km→🌱MelwoodUrban park3.8 km→✦Barley lock-upHistoric site4.2 km→

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