Brampton Valley Way Linear Park
22 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome22 ha
Getting here
52.41872, -0.90722
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 251m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 251m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Robin +40 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Robin +40 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Nipplewort, Prickly Sow-thistle, Stag's-horn Sumach +104 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 6
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brampton Valley WayCycling route▾
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route817 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 817 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route204 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 204 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route3.7 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
View from the Brampton Valley Way car park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,390 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,390 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspring
2026▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +38
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Muntjac
🐝Insects2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Violet Ground Beetle · Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Nipplewort · Prickly Sow-thistle · Stag's-horn Sumach · Goldilocks Buttercup · Large Bitter-cress +102
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina
- Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
- Large Bitter-cressCardamine amara
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,390 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspring
2026▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +38
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Muntjac
🐝Insects2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Violet Ground Beetle · Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Nipplewort · Prickly Sow-thistle · Stag's-horn Sumach · Goldilocks Buttercup · Large Bitter-cress +102
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina
- Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
- Large Bitter-cressCardamine amara
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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