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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.22595, 0.15334
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- ☕Bean Theory — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ 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
- ☕Bean Theory — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cleavers, Oxeye Daisy, Yarrow +53 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cleavers, Oxeye Daisy, Yarrow +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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▾
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Fen Rivers Way (Final Cambridge section)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Horningsea and Clayhithe River WalkWalking route7.2 km▾
Named routeLength 7.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
129 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
SE Cambridge Cycle RouteCycling route▾
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Cambridge station to Trumpington Park and RideCycling route▾
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Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route▾
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Coton CyclewayCycling route▾
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Cambridge signed cycle routes networkCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
110,618 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
110,618 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Great Tit +16
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Water Scorpion · Nephus quadrimaculatus · 22-spot Ladybird +2
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
- Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Scathophaga stercoraria
Cleavers · Yarrow · Oxeye Daisy · Hedge Bedstraw · Cow Parsley +51
- CleaversGalium aparine
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
110,618 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Great Tit +16
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Water Scorpion · Nephus quadrimaculatus · 22-spot Ladybird +2
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
- Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Scathophaga stercoraria
Cleavers · Yarrow · Oxeye Daisy · Hedge Bedstraw · Cow Parsley +51
- CleaversGalium aparine
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataBrambleRubusBrambleRubusCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraWild CarrotDaucus carotaWild CarrotDaucus carotaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaSpotted MedickMedicago arabicaSpotted MedickMedicago arabicaCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataRough ChervilChaerophyllum temulumRough ChervilChaerophyllum temulumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumValerianellaValerianellaValerianellaValerianellaDogwoodCornus sanguineaDogwoodCornus sanguineaGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseViola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorataMilk ThistleSilybum marianumMilk ThistleSilybum marianumSmall NettleUrtica urensSmall NettleUrtica urensSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaDog-roseRosa caninaDog-roseRosa caninaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaFool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorumFool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorumCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaOregon GrapeMahoniaOregon GrapeMahoniaSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumBuddlejaBuddlejaBuddlejaBuddlejaCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumTutsanHypericum androsaemumTutsanHypericum androsaemumMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvensePedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusEvents & activities nearby
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