Empty Common Allotments 1 ha
🦉 Wildlife🌿 Foraging🦅 Birds
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Cambridge Getting here
52.19048, 0.12656
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 146m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 146m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Common Chickweed, White Dead-nettle +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Moorhen, Woodpigeon, Mallard +46 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Moorhen, Woodpigeon, Mallard +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cock's-foot, Perennial Rye-grass, Red Dead-nettle +79 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cock's-foot, Perennial Rye-grass, Red Dead-nettle +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 17 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Rowan's Walk Walking route 2.6 km ▾
Rowans Walk is a 2.57km circular walk on grassy tracks
Named route Length 2.6 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 2 - Yellow Markers) Walking route 2.8 km ▾
A short circular walk around Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook and a small wood called The Spinney
Named route Length 2.8 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 3 - Blue Markers) Walking route 3.7 km ▾
A circular walk around several Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook
Named route Length 3.7 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map New Bit public footpath · 301 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 301 m Surface asphalt Path type: cycleway
Show on map 123 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 51 National Cycle Network
Show on map SE Cambridge Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge station to Trumpington Park and Ride Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge secondary cycle network Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Coton Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge signed cycle routes network Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
83,595 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 83,595 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard · Moorhen · Blackbird +17
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Greylag Goose Anser anser Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Pea-leaf Weevil · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-belted Cleaver · Helina evecta · Trioza centranthi +3
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Red-belted Cleaver Aglaostigma aucupariae Helina evecta Helina evecta Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami Scathophaga stercoraria Red Dead-nettle · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Shepherd's-purse · White Dead-nettle · Daisy +20
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris White Dead-nettle Lamium album Daisy Bellis perennis Groundsel Senecio vulgaris Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 83,595 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard · Moorhen · Blackbird +17
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Greylag Goose Anser anser Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Pea-leaf Weevil · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-belted Cleaver · Helina evecta · Trioza centranthi +3
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Red-belted Cleaver Aglaostigma aucupariae Helina evecta Helina evecta Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami Scathophaga stercoraria Red Dead-nettle · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Shepherd's-purse · White Dead-nettle · Daisy +20
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris White Dead-nettle Lamium album Daisy Bellis perennis Groundsel Senecio vulgaris Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Small Teasel Dipsacus pilosus
Small Teasel Dipsacus pilosus
Cowslip Primula veris
Cowslip Primula veris
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum
Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis
Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Siberian Squill Scilla siberica
Siberian Squill Scilla siberica
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