Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.07516, 0.45948
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Wren
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Wren
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Wren, Carrion Crow +55 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Wren, Carrion Crow +55 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Emperor Dragonfly, Volucella inanis +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Welted Thistle, Scorpion Weed, Branched Bur-reed +111 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
London to Walsingham - stage 04Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW04Local walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Haverhill to Long Melford Branchpublic footpath · 340 m▾
Old Railway Walk (& cycles)
Public pathpublic footpathLength 340 mSurface pavedPath type: cycleway
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,210 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,210 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Wren · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Magpie +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Roe Deer · Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare +2
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Banded Demoiselle · Emperor Dragonfly · Trichocera annulata · Limnephilus lunatus · Volucella inanis +2
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Blue-tailed Damselfly
🌿Plants12 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Scorpion Weed · Branched Bur-reed · Lesser Celandine · Dandelion · Ground-ivy +7
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,210 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Wren · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Magpie +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Roe Deer · Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare +2
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Banded Demoiselle · Emperor Dragonfly · Trichocera annulata · Limnephilus lunatus · Volucella inanis +2
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Blue-tailed Damselfly
🌿Plants12 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Scorpion Weed · Branched Bur-reed · Lesser Celandine · Dandelion · Ground-ivy +7
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Ischnura elegans
Ischnura elegans
Shepherd's-purse
Shepherd's-purse
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025ChicoryCichorium intybus2025ChicoryCichorium intybus2025Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2025Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2025Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025