Lady Margery's Gorse - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.02946, -0.80935
Open directionsv
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 230m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 230m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Grafton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
North Bucks WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
100 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
MK Redway Super Route V10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V10Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H6Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H5Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H4Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route Railway WalkCycling route▾
Named routeRef RWLocal cycle route
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Horses in the field by H4
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Wildlife to spot
11,185 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,185 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +37
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird · Chrysotoxum bicinctum · Eupeodes latifasciatus +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025
- Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2025
- Speckled Bush-cricket
Cherry Plum · Cowslip
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- CowslipPrimula veris2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,185 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +37
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird · Chrysotoxum bicinctum · Eupeodes latifasciatus +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025
- Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2025
- Speckled Bush-cricket
Cherry Plum · Cowslip
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- CowslipPrimula veris2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025Events & activities nearby
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