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🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome331 ha
Getting here
52.28038, -0.99990
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site
Best for
6 activitiesDeciduous woodland priority habitat
Dogs allowed with public access
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Urban park — open green space
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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▾
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NorbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 539Round tripNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route161 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 161 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route520 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 520 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route409 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 409 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route887 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 887 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route21 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 21 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Path past a flower border in Althorp Park
Photos
Path past a flower border in Althorp Park
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
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Wildlife to spot
3,223 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,223 records · NBN AtlasNuthatch · Blue Tit · Marsh Tit · Coal Tit · Great Tit
+28 more speciesHide species list
All 33 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CootFulica atra2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024Great Crested Newt
Cow Parsley · Ground-ivy · Garlic Mustard · White Campion · Bluebell
+72 more speciesHide species list
All 77 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Velvetleaf
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,223 records · NBN AtlasNuthatch · Blue Tit · Marsh Tit · Coal Tit · Great Tit
+28 more speciesHide species list
All 33 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CootFulica atra2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024Great Crested Newt
Cow Parsley · Ground-ivy · Garlic Mustard · White Campion · Bluebell
+72 more speciesHide species list
All 77 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Velvetleaf
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Abutilon theophrasti2024
Abutilon theophrasti2024
Thorn-appleDatura stramonium2024Thorn-appleDatura stramonium2024Cat-mintNepeta cataria2024Cat-mintNepeta cataria2024SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia2024SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024PignutConopodium majus2024PignutConopodium majus2024Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites2024Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2024Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2024False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2024False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2024Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024RaspberryRubus idaeus2024RaspberryRubus idaeus2024ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2024Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2024Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2024Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024Red CurrantRibes rubrum2024Red CurrantRibes rubrum2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Rosa caninaRosa canina2024Rosa caninaRosa canina2024IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2024Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024ElderSambucus nigra2024ElderSambucus nigra2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Field MapleAcer campestre2024Field MapleAcer campestre2024HazelCorylus avellana2024HazelCorylus avellana2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2024Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2024Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024HemlockConium maculatum2024HemlockConium maculatum2024Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2024Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2024Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2023Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2023