Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome25 ha
Getting here
52.18647, 0.16541
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 148m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 148m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +67 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +67 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Glow-worm +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bramble, Ivy, Blackthorn +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Beyond Anglesey Abbey Walk, Anglesey AbbeyWalking route7.4 km▾
Flat route along grass paths. Dogs welcome.
Named routeLength 7.4 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Fen Rivers Way (Final Cambridge section)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wimpole WayWalking route20.7 km▾
A walk from Cambridge to Wimpole Hall through gently rolling countryside, historic villages and small areas of ancient woodland
Named routeLength 20.7 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Snakey Pathpublic footpath · 945 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 945 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Love Lanepublic footpath · 209 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 209 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Snakey Pathpublic footpath · 6 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 6 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
130 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
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
67,922 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
67,922 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Goldfinch +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Green Shieldbug · Silver Fish
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
🌿Plants18 species
winterspring
2026▾
Shepherd's-purse · Hairy Bitter-cress · Red Dead-nettle · Common Whitlowgrass · Ivy-leaved Toadflax +13
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
67,922 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Goldfinch +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Green Shieldbug · Silver Fish
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
🌿Plants18 species
winterspring
2026▾
Shepherd's-purse · Hairy Bitter-cress · Red Dead-nettle · Common Whitlowgrass · Ivy-leaved Toadflax +13
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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