Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.40772, -0.73224
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ 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
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦82+ 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
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Swift +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Swift +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Volucella inanis +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km▾
Named routeRef 552Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route260 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 260 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route690 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 690 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route812 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 812 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route941 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 941 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route170 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Small park on Rockingham Road, Kettering
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
19,364 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,364 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springwinter
2025▾
Swift · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · House Martin · Long-tailed Tit +47
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Harvest Mouse · Common Pipistrelle
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025▾
Volucella inanis · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Marmalade Hoverfly · 22-spot Ladybird +13
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
🌿Plants11 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Early Meadow-grass · Common Nettle · Weld · White Campion · Creeping Thistle +6
- Early Meadow-grassPoa infirma
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- WeldReseda luteola
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,364 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springwinter
2025▾
Swift · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · House Martin · Long-tailed Tit +47
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Harvest Mouse · Common Pipistrelle
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025▾
Volucella inanis · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Marmalade Hoverfly · 22-spot Ladybird +13
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
🌿Plants11 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Early Meadow-grass · Common Nettle · Weld · White Campion · Creeping Thistle +6
- Early Meadow-grassPoa infirma
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- WeldReseda luteola
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Events & activities nearby
Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.