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🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
52.07695, 0.58406
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Country park — designed for family visits
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Country park — good for group day out
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Dogs allowed — country park
Free
Grade II* listed building: Clare Castle
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 66 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
London to Walsingham - stage 04Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW04Local walking route
Wool Towns WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 km
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 05Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW05Local walking route
Stour Valley Pathpublic footpath · 15 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 15 mPath type: track
Stour Valley Pathpublic footpath · 9 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 9 mPath type: path
Stour Valley Pathpublic footpath · 17 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 17 mPath type: track
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Long Lanebyway open to all traffic · 1.4 km▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.4 kmSurface dirtPath type: track
Photos
The remains of Clare Castle
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
8,299 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,299 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Wren · Great Tit · Mallard · Robin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
Badger · Muntjac · Red Fox · Roe Deer
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Harlequin Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle · Hairy Dragonfly · Cream-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
🌿Plants28 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Alexanders · Knotted Hedge-parsley · Lords-and-Ladies · Ivy · Mare's-tail +23
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa2025
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- IvyHedera helix
- Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris2025
- Horse-chestnut
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,299 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Wren · Great Tit · Mallard · Robin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
Badger · Muntjac · Red Fox · Roe Deer
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Harlequin Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle · Hairy Dragonfly · Cream-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
🌿Plants28 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Alexanders · Knotted Hedge-parsley · Lords-and-Ladies · Ivy · Mare's-tail +23
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa2025
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- IvyHedera helix
- Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris2025
- Horse-chestnut
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aesculus hippocastanum
Aesculus hippocastanum
LaurustinusViburnum tinusLaurustinusViburnum tinusLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaHyacinthHyacinthus orientalisHyacinthHyacinthus orientalisGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaAbraham-Isaac-JacobTrachystemon orientalisAbraham-Isaac-JacobTrachystemon orientalisHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025LilacSyringa vulgaris2025LilacSyringa vulgaris2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2025Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2025Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum2025Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum2025Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus2025Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus2025Events & activities nearby
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