Grange Park Pocket Park
35 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome35 ha
Getting here
52.19607, -0.88732
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 373m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 373m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Little Ringed Plover +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Little Ringed Plover +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +26 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Elder, Blackthorn, Hawthorn
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Dog-rose, Elder, Ash +9 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Dog-rose, Elder, Ash +9 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
108 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 536Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 536National Cycle Network
Northamptonshire Cycle Network N-TCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Northampton Cycle Network Connect2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef Connect2Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
NorbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 539Round tripNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route874 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 874 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
11,810 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,810 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Little Ringed Plover · Pochard · Peregrine +21
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Kidney-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Dog-rose · Ash · Blackthorn · Pineappleweed · Common Knapweed +5
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,810 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Little Ringed Plover · Pochard · Peregrine +21
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Kidney-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Dog-rose · Ash · Blackthorn · Pineappleweed · Common Knapweed +5
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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