Fermyn Woods Country Park
23 ha
Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
52.45463, -0.59662
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Skylark Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Skylark Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +64 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Lyveden WayWalking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Fermyn Woods Country Park
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
15,641 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,641 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blue Tit · Robin +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- RavenCorvus corax
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Migrant Hawker · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Broad-bodied Chaser +7
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Speckled Bush-cricket
Field-rose · Bramble · Tufted Hair-grass · False-brome · Dogwood +89
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- DogwoodCornus sanguinea
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,641 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blue Tit · Robin +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- RavenCorvus corax
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Migrant Hawker · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Broad-bodied Chaser +7
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Speckled Bush-cricket
Field-rose · Bramble · Tufted Hair-grass · False-brome · Dogwood +89
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- DogwoodCornus sanguinea
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Leptophyes punctatissima
Leptophyes punctatissima
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensDryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-masGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaAspenPopulus tremulaAspenPopulus tremulaPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaVioletViolaVioletViolaScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumCreeping-JennyLysimachia nummulariaCreeping-JennyLysimachia nummulariaCalamagrostisCalamagrostisCalamagrostisCalamagrostisEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaCommon SallowSalix cinereaCommon SallowSalix cinereaBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusCorn MintMentha arvensisCorn MintMentha arvensisTall MelilotMelilotus altissimusTall MelilotMelilotus altissimusHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaDipsacus fullonumDipsacus fullonumDipsacus fullonumDipsacus fullonumCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisHedge BedstrawGalium albumHedge BedstrawGalium albumCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusGiant FescueSchedonorus giganteusGiant FescueSchedonorus giganteusCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisHoary RagwortJacobaea erucifoliaHoary RagwortJacobaea erucifoliaCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraTimothyPhleum pratenseTimothyPhleum pratenseAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusHard RushJuncus inflexusHard RushJuncus inflexusRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataScots PinePinus sylvestrisScots PinePinus sylvestrisRed BartsiaOdontites vernusRed BartsiaOdontites vernusCommon FigwortScrophularia nodosaCommon FigwortScrophularia nodosaPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburFalse Fox-sedgeCarex otrubaeFalse Fox-sedgeCarex otrubaeCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensGreater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella majorGreater Burnet-saxifragePimpinella majorRemote SedgeCarex remotaRemote SedgeCarex remotaDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleDewberryRubus caesiusDewberryRubus caesiusHard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatumHard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatumSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaScorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifoliaScorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifoliaCommon CentauryCentaurium erythraeaCommon CentauryCentaurium erythraeaEvents & activities nearby
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