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Chantry Park

3 ha

📷 Hamish Griffin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

52.05107, 1.11461

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground 262m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground 262m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Peregrine, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +88 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Peregrine, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +88 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Giant Hogweed, Box-leaved Honeysuckle, Hop +36 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Box-leaved Honeysuckle, Hop +36 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: East: Shotley Gate to Felixstowe FerryWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Stour & Orwell WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Fonnereau WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Fynn Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Gipping Valley River PathWalking route

Named route

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Cycling

162 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

Route 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

2ACycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 10BCycling route

Named routeRef 10BLocal cycle route

NCN51 Proposed change avoiding Duke Street, IpswichCycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

Route 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

20,568 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

20,568 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Peregrine · House Sparrow · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin +60

PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
Great TitParus major
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects11 species

summerautumn

2026

Willow Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Norfolk Aeshna · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Hornet Hoverfly +6

Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025

🌿

Plants7 species

spring

2026

Box-leaved Honeysuckle · Hop · Elder · Hedge Mustard · Red Dead-nettle +2

Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
HopHumulus lupulus2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

20,568 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Peregrine · House Sparrow · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin +60

PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
Great TitParus major
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects11 species

summerautumn

2026

Willow Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Norfolk Aeshna · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Hornet Hoverfly +6

Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025

🌿

Plants7 species

spring

2026

Box-leaved Honeysuckle · Hop · Elder · Hedge Mustard · Red Dead-nettle +2

Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
HopHumulus lupulus2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Hamish Griffin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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