Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.21315, 0.10270
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦22+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Churchill College Buttery — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦22+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Churchill College Buttery — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +19 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +19 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Green Alkanet, White Dead-nettle +26 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rowan's WalkWalking route2.6 km▾
Rowans Walk is a 2.57km circular walk on grassy tracks
Named routeLength 2.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 2 - Yellow Markers)Walking route2.8 km▾
A short circular walk around Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook and a small wood called The Spinney
Named routeLength 2.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 3 - Blue Markers)Walking route3.7 km▾
A circular walk around several Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook
Named routeLength 3.7 kmRound tripLocal walking route
136 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
SE Cambridge Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge station to Trumpington Park and RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Coton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge signed cycle routes networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Fellows' Gallery and Master's Lodge, Churchill College 1968
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
78,848 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
78,848 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie +17
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Pea-leaf Weevil · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-belted Cleaver · Helina evecta · Trioza centranthi +4
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Helina evectaHelina evecta
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Phaonia subventa
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Green Alkanet · White Dead-nettle · Red Dead-nettle · Daisy +24
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
78,848 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie +17
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Pea-leaf Weevil · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-belted Cleaver · Helina evecta · Trioza centranthi +4
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Helina evectaHelina evecta
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Phaonia subventa
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Green Alkanet · White Dead-nettle · Red Dead-nettle · Daisy +24
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Phaonia subventa
Phaonia subventa
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