Chelmer Village Green 6 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 6 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Chelmsford Getting here
51.73660, 0.50413
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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 on site — 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 on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 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 — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +27 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Centenary Circle Walking route 34 km ▾
Named route Length 34 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Pleasure Gardens Walk Walking route ▾
Repton's Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Hylands Estate Boundary Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Hylands Lower Estate Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 77 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Regional Route 50 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 50 Regional cycle route
Show on map Great Waltham to City Centre Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 13 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 13 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 801 m ▾
Named route Ref 13 Length 801 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Sandford Mill Road bridleway · 387 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 387 m Surface asphalt Path type: cycleway
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Wildlife to spot
11,221 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 11,221 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Mute Swan · Magpie +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Otter
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Otter Lutra lutra2025 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐝 Insects 11 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Jersey Tiger · Anabolia nervosa · Rose Chafer · Gatekeeper · Large White +6
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria Anabolia nervosa Anabolia nervosa Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Large White Pieris brassicae Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 11,221 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Mute Swan · Magpie +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Otter
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Otter Lutra lutra2025 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐝 Insects 11 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Jersey Tiger · Anabolia nervosa · Rose Chafer · Gatekeeper · Large White +6
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria Anabolia nervosa Anabolia nervosa Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Large White Pieris brassicae Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meadow Brown
Meadow Brown
Maniola jurtina
Maniola jurtina
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata 