Madingley Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.21688, 0.06159
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 171m away — 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 171m away — 18 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
Named cycling route nearby: Cambridge secondary cycle network
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rowan's WalkWalking route2.6 km▾
Rowans Walk is a 2.57km circular walk on grassy tracks
Named routeLength 2.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
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
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional 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
62 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
SE Cambridge Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge station to Trumpington Park and RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Coton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge signed cycle routes networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
22,561 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,561 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Kestrel · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +33
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects31 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Harlequin Ladybird · Migrant Hawker +26
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Hawthorn · Bramble · Whitish Feather-moss · Musk-mallow · Meadow Crane's-bill +8
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- BrambleRubus
- Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
- BulrushTypha latifolia
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,561 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Kestrel · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +33
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects31 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Harlequin Ladybird · Migrant Hawker +26
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Hawthorn · Bramble · Whitish Feather-moss · Musk-mallow · Meadow Crane's-bill +8
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- BrambleRubus
- Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
- BulrushTypha latifolia
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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