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Brixworth market cross

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📷 Milestone Society · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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

🌤️ 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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit +88 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit +88 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Cow Parsley, Red Campion, Field Bindweed +25 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Cow Parsley, Red Campion, Field Bindweed +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +36 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Sweet Chestnut, White Dead-nettle +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

2 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

Northamptonshire RoundWalking route

Named route

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Cycling

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pitsford Water CircuitCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Brampton Valley WayCycling route

Named route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route149 m

Named routeRef 6Length 149 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route191 m

Named routeRef 6Length 191 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route2.6 km

Named routeRef 6Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

6,610 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,610 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

winterautumn

2026

Redwing · Little Grebe · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Teal +38

RedwingTurdus iliacus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TealAnas crecca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MagpiePica pica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025

🐝

Insects8 species

springsummer

2025

Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Common Darter · Cantharis rustica · Eristalis pertinax +3

Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa

🌿

Plants110 species

spring

2025

Broad-leaved Dock · Pedunculate Oak · Groundsel · Hemlock · Hazel +105

Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
HemlockConium maculatum
HazelCorylus avellana
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
HollyIlex aquifolium
Winter-CressBarbarea
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Curled DockRumex crispus
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Blue FleabaneErigeron acris
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera
White BryonyBryonia dioica
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Field MapleAcer campestre
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
DaisyBellis perennis
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
NipplewortLapsana communis
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
CleaversGalium aparine
IvyHedera helix
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Rosa caninaRosa canina
White CampionSilene latifolia
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
ElderSambucus nigra
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
DandelionTaraxacum
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Common VetchVicia sativa
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Early Forget-me-notMyosotis ramosissima
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,610 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

winterautumn

2026

Redwing · Little Grebe · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Teal +38

RedwingTurdus iliacus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TealAnas crecca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MagpiePica pica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025

🐝

Insects8 species

springsummer

2025

Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Common Darter · Cantharis rustica · Eristalis pertinax +3

Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa

🌿

Plants110 species

spring

2025

Broad-leaved Dock · Pedunculate Oak · Groundsel · Hemlock · Hazel +105

Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
HemlockConium maculatum
HazelCorylus avellana
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
HollyIlex aquifolium
Winter-CressBarbarea
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Curled DockRumex crispus
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Blue FleabaneErigeron acris
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera
White BryonyBryonia dioica
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Field MapleAcer campestre
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
DaisyBellis perennis
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
NipplewortLapsana communis
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
CleaversGalium aparine
IvyHedera helix
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Rosa caninaRosa canina
White CampionSilene latifolia
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
ElderSambucus nigra
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
DandelionTaraxacum
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Common VetchVicia sativa
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Early Forget-me-notMyosotis ramosissima
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Milestone Society · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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