Broadleaved woodland near Hauxton
22 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome22 ha
Getting here
52.14631, 0.09715
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 18 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 18 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 2 - Yellow Markers)Walking route2.8 km▾
A short circular walk around Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook and a small wood called The Spinney
Named routeLength 2.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 3 - Blue Markers)Walking route3.7 km▾
A circular walk around several Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook
Named routeLength 3.7 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Diamond Jubilee WalkWalking route4.8 km▾
A circular walk around Comberton to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee (1952-2012) of Queen Elizabeth ll
Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Running Fox Walk 3Walking route4.2 km▾
A circular walk around meadows, fields and spinneys
Named routeLength 4.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Running Fox Walk 1Walking route900 m▾
A short circular walk around meadows, fields and spinneys
Named routeLength 900 mRound tripLocal walking route
65 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route through Cambridgeshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cambridge station to Trumpington Park and RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge signed cycle routes networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route576 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 576 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
Donkey Lanebyway open to all traffic · 214 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 214 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Donkey Lanebyway open to all traffic · 223 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 223 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Donkey Lanebyway open to all traffic · 250 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 250 mSurface dirtPath type: track
The Lanebyway open to all traffic · 38 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 38 mPath type: residential
Donkey Lanebyway open to all traffic · 17 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 17 mSurface dirtPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
18,566 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
18,566 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Golden Plover · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Moorhen +28
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Wood Mouse · Hedgehog · Field Vole +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2024
Small White · Large White · Common Blue · Small Heath · Meadow Brown +12
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Cow Parsley · White Clover · False Oat-grass · Ribwort Plantain · Dandelion +11
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,566 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Golden Plover · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Moorhen +28
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Wood Mouse · Hedgehog · Field Vole +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2024
Small White · Large White · Common Blue · Small Heath · Meadow Brown +12
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Cow Parsley · White Clover · False Oat-grass · Ribwort Plantain · Dandelion +11
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaDonacia simplexDonacia simplexDonacia simplexDonacia simplexCommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024BrambleRubusBrambleRubusYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumRed BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor2025Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Events & activities nearby
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