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Heydon Grange

1 ha

📷 David Beresford · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦81+ 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
  • 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +78 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Mountain biking

Named MTB route nearby: Icknield Way Cycle Trail

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
RSPB Fowlmere Nature TrailWalking route

Nature trail around RSPB Fowlmere

Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route

National Byway route through Cambridgeshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km

This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.

Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Heydon Grange Golf Club

📷 David Beresford · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Heydon Grange Golf Club

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Bran Ditch: an Anglo-Saxon bank and ditch between Fowlmere and Heydon, including an Anglo-Saxon burial ground, a section of medieval lynchet and an Iron Age enclosureHistoric site900 m→✦Settlement site SE of West HillHistoric site4.2 km→🐄Wood Green Animal Shelter (Heydon)Visitor farm3.5 km→✦Moated site, known as `Crows Parlour'.Historic site2.6 km→✦The GreenHistoric site2.8 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds2.9 km→

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