Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome37 ha
Getting here
52.26367, -0.85751
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 158m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 158m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +49 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +49 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +18 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 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
HW1public footpath · 33 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 33 mPath type: footway
HW22public footpath · 63 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 63 mPath type: footway
161 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 536Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 536National Cycle Network
Brampton Valley WayCycling route▾
Northampton Cycle Network Connect2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef Connect2Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
NorbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 539Round tripNational Cycle Network
N/ACycling route84 m▾
Named routeLength 84 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
31,512 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,512 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Carrion Crow · Robin +27
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Red Dead-nettle · Green Alkanet · Common Field-speedwell · Common Chickweed · Stinking Iris +6
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- CowslipPrimula veris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,512 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Carrion Crow · Robin +27
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Red Dead-nettle · Green Alkanet · Common Field-speedwell · Common Chickweed · Stinking Iris +6
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- CowslipPrimula veris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
