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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.53572, -0.27852
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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 Peregrine and Hobby
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 288m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Hobby
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 288m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Hobby, Woodpigeon +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Peregrine, Hobby, Woodpigeon +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Hairy Dragonfly +27 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Gunwade TrailWalking route▾
Wildflower TrailWalking route▾
Ham Mere TrailWalking route▾
Bluebell TrailWalking route▾
184 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
Dodds CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Wellingtonia CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef WellingtoniaLocal cycle route
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Hampton Hargate: Happy Hollows Lake
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
51,974 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
51,974 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHobby · Peregrine · Kestrel · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan +35
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CootFulica atra
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great TitParus major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Pipistrelle Bat species
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
False-brome · Cleavers · Holly · Norway Spruce · Ivy +73
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Norway SprucePicea abies
- IvyHedera helix
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- English ElmUlmus procera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
51,974 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHobby · Peregrine · Kestrel · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan +35
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CootFulica atra
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great TitParus major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Pipistrelle Bat species
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
False-brome · Cleavers · Holly · Norway Spruce · Ivy +73
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Norway SprucePicea abies
- IvyHedera helix
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- English ElmUlmus procera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Swamp Cypress
Swamp Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Taxodium distichum
Large-leaved LimeTilia platyphyllosLarge-leaved LimeTilia platyphyllosCedar-of-LebanonCedrus libaniCedar-of-LebanonCedrus libaniDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaEvergreen OakQuercus ilexEvergreen OakQuercus ilexLilacSyringa vulgarisLilacSyringa vulgarisCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusGypsywortLycopus europaeusGypsywortLycopus europaeusPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaScots PinePinus sylvestrisScots PinePinus sylvestrisHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaWych ElmUlmus glabraWych ElmUlmus glabraSmall-leaved LimeTilia cordataSmall-leaved LimeTilia cordataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumNorway MapleAcer platanoidesNorway MapleAcer platanoidesPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusStinking IrisIris foetidissimaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaWellingtoniaSequoiadendron giganteumWellingtoniaSequoiadendron giganteumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaYewTaxus baccataYewTaxus baccataGrey PoplarPopulus alba x tremula = P. x canescensGrey PoplarPopulus alba x tremula = P. x canescensAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaCommon DuckweedLemna minorCommon DuckweedLemna minorHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumAustrian PinePinus nigraAustrian PinePinus nigraWater-plantainAlisma plantago-aquaticaWater-plantainAlisma plantago-aquaticaWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaFirethornPyracantha coccineaFirethornPyracantha coccineaFalse-acaciaRobinia pseudoacaciaFalse-acaciaRobinia pseudoacaciaMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisWood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejosWood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejosWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensBoxBuxus sempervirensBoxBuxus sempervirensCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisLimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaeaLimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaeaKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusBlack HorehoundBallota nigraBlack HorehoundBallota nigraWild CherryPrunus aviumWild CherryPrunus aviumCalystegia sepiumCalystegia sepiumCalystegia sepiumCalystegia sepiumYellow IrisIris pseudacorusYellow IrisIris pseudacorusCommon OracheAtriplex patulaCommon OracheAtriplex patulaSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisPortugal LaurelPrunus lusitanicaPortugal LaurelPrunus lusitanicaWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusRigid HornwortCeratophyllum demersumRigid HornwortCeratophyllum demersumRubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifoliusTree-of-heavenAilanthus altissimaTree-of-heavenAilanthus altissimaEvents & activities nearby
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