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Kettering Golf Club

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Paid entryDogs welcome

Getting here

52.38372, -0.74451

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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
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Robin +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Robin +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Volucella inanis, Birch Shieldbug, Migrant Hawker +31 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Volucella inanis, Birch Shieldbug, Migrant Hawker +31 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Soapwort, Stinking Iris · last seen 2025; Plants — Soapwort, Stinking Iris · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Main RouteCycling route690 m

Named routeRef 552Length 690 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface 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

Main RouteCycling route526 m

Named routeRef 552Length 526 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

13,462 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,462 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

autumnwinter

2025

Coal Tit · Blackcap · Goldfinch · Black-headed Gull · Robin +32

Coal TitPeriparus ater
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great TitParus major
Rock DoveColumba livia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
TealAnas crecca
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
GadwallMareca strepera
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
JackdawColoeus monedula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RookCorvus frugilegus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Common GullLarus canus

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,462 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

autumnwinter

2025

Coal Tit · Blackcap · Goldfinch · Black-headed Gull · Robin +32

Coal TitPeriparus ater
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great TitParus major
Rock DoveColumba livia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
TealAnas crecca
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
GadwallMareca strepera
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
JackdawColoeus monedula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RookCorvus frugilegus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Common GullLarus canus

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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