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Community Orchard

12 ha

📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha

Getting here

52.02792, -0.72617

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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
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Paid

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Dog walks

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Water Ladybird, 22-spot Ladybird +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Cycling

Named cycling route nearby: Route 6

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route

Napton to Coy Carp section

Named routeRegional walking route
Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Seven Parishes Millennium Circular WalkWalking route21.6 km
Named routeLength 21.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Hanslope Circular RideWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
🚴

Cycling

185 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Greensand CyclewayCycling route59 km
Named routeLength 59 kmRegional cycle route
(6)Cycling route

National Cycle Network link route

Named routeLocal cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V10Cycling route
Named routeRef V10Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H6Cycling route
Named routeRef H6Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H5Cycling route
Named routeRef H5Local cycle route
🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Longslade TrailMountain bike route
Named route
🐴

Horse riding

16 public paths nearby

Public paths
Bridge 88bridleway · 38 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 38 m

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Bridge No 90 crossing the Grand Union Canal

📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Bridge No 90 crossing the Grand Union Canal

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