Broadleaved woodland near Anton's Gowt
3 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.00899, -0.06611
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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking⛺Campsite🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 1
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Sutton Bridge to SkegnessWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
47 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Boston to Lincoln
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Lister WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Marsh Lane Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
London Road Cycle Route (Boston)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Norwich - Lincoln
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 King's Lynn to Boston
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Photos
Anton's Gowt, River Witham: aerial 2026
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Wildlife to spot
6,810 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,810 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Swift · Swallow · Cuckoo · Blackcap · Chiffchaff +40
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo2024
Migrant Hawker · Brown Hawker · Common Carder Bee · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Darter +23
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers
White Campion · Ribwort Plantain · White Dead-nettle · Common Poppy · Ground-ivy +13
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,810 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Swift · Swallow · Cuckoo · Blackcap · Chiffchaff +40
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo2024
Migrant Hawker · Brown Hawker · Common Carder Bee · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Darter +23
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers
White Campion · Ribwort Plantain · White Dead-nettle · Common Poppy · Ground-ivy +13
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Bombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsaEmerald DamselflyLestes sponsaSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaParent BugElasmucha griseaParent BugElasmucha griseaAsparagus BeetleCrioceris asparagiAsparagus BeetleCrioceris asparagiCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Field MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraTansyTanacetum vulgareTansyTanacetum vulgareRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusEvents & activities nearby
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