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Hastingwood Allotments

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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
🅿️Harlow Garden Centre 150m away — 10 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
🅿️Harlow Garden Centre 150m away — 10 car parks within reach

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Kestrel +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Kestrel +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly +42 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly +42 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Pyramidal Orchid, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Common Knapweed +6 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Pyramidal Orchid, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Common Knapweed +6 more · last seen 2024

Free

Hiking

Moderate match

Named hiking route nearby: Stort Valley Way

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Three Forests WayWalking route96 km

Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Harcamlow WayWalking route

Named routeRef HARRegional walking route

London to Walsingham - stage 02Walking route

Named routeRef LW02Local walking route

Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Parndon TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

31 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route140 m

Named routeRef 1Length 140 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route224 m

Named routeLength 224 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route660 m

Named routeRef 1Length 660 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route301 m

Named routeRef 1Length 301 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

2,010 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,010 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

summer

2025

Kestrel · Magpie · Herring Gull · Goldfinch · Starling +27

KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RookCorvus frugilegus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024

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Mammals3 species

winterautumn

2026

Squirrel · Brown Hare · Brown Rat

SquirrelSciurus2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024

🐝

Insects15 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly +10

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
PeacockAglais io
Empis lividaEmpis livida
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,010 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

summer

2025

Kestrel · Magpie · Herring Gull · Goldfinch · Starling +27

KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RookCorvus frugilegus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterautumn

2026

Squirrel · Brown Hare · Brown Rat

SquirrelSciurus2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024

🐝

Insects15 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly +10

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
PeacockAglais io
Empis lividaEmpis livida
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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