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DITTON PARK

95 ha

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome95 ha

Getting here

51.49263, -0.56229

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Carrion Crow
✦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

🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Carrion Crow
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Pied Wagtail +78 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Pied Wagtail +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Reptiles

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Rose Chafer, Broad Centurion · last seen 2026; Insects — Rose Chafer, Broad Centurion · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km

Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route

Three Castles PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Jubilee River PathWalking route

Named route

Colne Valley TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

London LOOP (Section 11)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

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Cycling

130 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN route 461Cycling route

Named routeRef 461National Cycle Network

Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

NCN National Route 61Cycling route

Named routeRef 61National Cycle Network

Link to National Route 61Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 61Cycling route34 km

Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.

Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network

Route 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

20,755 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

20,755 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

autumn

2025

Magpie · Carrion Crow · Common Gull · Robin · Linnet +42

MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Common GullLarus canus
RobinErithacus rubecula
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
CootFulica atra
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GadwallMareca strepera
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
RavenCorvus corax
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Greylag GooseAnser anser

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐝

Insects1 species

winterspring

2026

Rose Chafer

Rose ChaferCetonia aurata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

20,755 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

autumn

2025

Magpie · Carrion Crow · Common Gull · Robin · Linnet +42

MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Common GullLarus canus
RobinErithacus rubecula
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
CootFulica atra
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GadwallMareca strepera
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
RavenCorvus corax
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Greylag GooseAnser anser

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐝

Insects1 species

winterspring

2026

Rose Chafer

Rose ChaferCetonia aurata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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