Deserted village (site of) at Denham Lodge
11 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
51.87943, -0.90619
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +86 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: GATEHOUSE AT DENHAM LODGE
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +86 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Western Honey Bee, Small Heath +69 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Celandine, American Skunk-cabbage, Bluebell +43 more · last seen 2020
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 3 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
Outer Aylesbury RingWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brill Tramway WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
North Bucks WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Aylesbury RingWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
National Byway (Bucks)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
St Peter's GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route4 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,674 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,674 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Swallow · Jackdaw · Goldfinch +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Western Honey Bee · Bombus lucorum · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Bumblebee +31
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
- BumblebeeBombus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,674 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Swallow · Jackdaw · Goldfinch +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Western Honey Bee · Bombus lucorum · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Bumblebee +31
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
- BumblebeeBombus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-tailed Bumblebee
Red-tailed Bumblebee
Bombus lapidarius2023
Bombus lapidarius2023
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023Parent BugElasmucha griseaParent BugElasmucha griseaHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaLagria hirtaLagria hirtaLagria hirtaLagria hirtaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2023Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2023Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2023Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2023Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax202316-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202316-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2023OpomyzaOpomyza2023OpomyzaOpomyza2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2023Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2023Ivy BeeColletes hederae2022Ivy BeeColletes hederae2022Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2022Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2022White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2022White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2022