Woodlands Sports Centre
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.56954, -0.34618
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Carrion Crow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 81m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Carrion Crow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 81m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Wren +88 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Wren +88 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Meadow Brown, Scarce Chaser +18 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 63
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Gunwade TrailWalking route▾
Wildflower TrailWalking route▾
Ham Mere TrailWalking route▾
Torpel WayWalking route▾
Port Lanepublic footpath · 10 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 10 mPath type: track
Port Lanepublic footpath · 213 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 213 mPath type: track
66 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Round tripRegional cycle route
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Wellingtonia CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef WellingtoniaLocal cycle route
Nassaburgh TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
17,016 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,016 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Blackbird · Wren · Rook · Pheasant +33
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Rosemary Beetle
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
Oxeye Daisy · Lady's Bedstraw · Field Pansy · Hedge Mustard · Tall Fescue +121
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Field PansyViola arvensis
- Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,016 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Blackbird · Wren · Rook · Pheasant +33
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Rosemary Beetle
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
Oxeye Daisy · Lady's Bedstraw · Field Pansy · Hedge Mustard · Tall Fescue +121
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Field PansyViola arvensis
- Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas