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🌱 Urban park

Bures Recreation Ground

8 ha

Getting here

51.96997, 0.77551

Best for

6 activities

Playgrounds

Free88%

playground, toilets, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Cycling

Varies72%

Named cycling route nearby: Route 13

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Hiking

Free65%

Named hiking route nearby: St Edmund Way

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

39

3 named nearby · 36 public paths

Named routePublic access
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Cycling

18

18 named nearby

Named route
🐴

Horse riding

3

3 public paths

Public access

Named routes and paths nearby

Colne Valley Path · Walking37 km
South Suffolk Cycle Route A2 (Bures Loop) · Cycling0
Route 13 · Cycling0
St Edmund Way · Walking0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
Millenium Bridge · public footpath
Tawneys Ride · public footpath
The Croft · byway open to all traffic

About this urban park

Bures Recreation Ground is a urban park covering 8 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Thatched cricket pavilion, Bures

Thatched cricket pavilion, Bures

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

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Parking

4 nearby · 137m

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Picnic spot

3 · 67m away

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Playground

3 · 109m away

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Toilets

133m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

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