Doddington Hall Gardens
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.22064, -0.65425
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Mallard
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Mallard
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕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🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Mallard, Moorhen +68 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Mallard, Moorhen +68 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, Large Red Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Wood Bristle-moss, Dune Thread-moss +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Fossdyke Canal TrailWalking route▾
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34 signed routes nearby
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Route 64Cycling route▾
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NCN National Route 647Cycling route32 km▾
Named routeRef 647Length 32 kmPoint-to-pointNational Cycle Network
Route 93Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 93Regional cycle route
Skellingthorpe Road Cycle PathCycling route▾
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Tritton Road Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Doddington RoadCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
6 public paths nearby
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,087 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,087 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Robin · Coot +33
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MagpiePica pica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Dolichopus festivus · Siphona · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Common Water-Boatman · Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis +31
- Dolichopus festivusDolichopus festivus
- SiphonaSiphona
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
- Notonecta (Notonecta) viridisNotonecta (Notonecta) viridis
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Syritta pipiens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,087 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Robin · Coot +33
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MagpiePica pica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Dolichopus festivus · Siphona · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Common Water-Boatman · Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis +31
- Dolichopus festivusDolichopus festivus
- SiphonaSiphona
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
- Notonecta (Notonecta) viridisNotonecta (Notonecta) viridis
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Syritta pipiens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syritta pipiens
Syritta pipiens
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