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KING'S COLLEGE

9 ha

📷 Chris Peters · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Cafe Aristo — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Cafe Aristo — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidToilets

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Green Alkanet, White Dead-nettle +30 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Green Alkanet, White Dead-nettle +30 more · last seen 2026

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +35 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +35 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Pea-leaf Weevil, Red-belted Cleaver +23 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Pea-leaf Weevil, Red-belted Cleaver +23 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — White Dead-nettle, Red Dead-nettle, Common Chickweed +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

18 signed routes nearby · 36 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Rowan's WalkWalking route2.6 km

Rowans Walk is a 2.57km circular walk on grassy tracks

Named routeLength 2.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 2 - Yellow Markers)Walking route2.8 km

A short circular walk around Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook and a small wood called The Spinney

Named routeLength 2.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Harcamlow WayWalking route

Named routeRef HARRegional walking route

Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 3 - Blue Markers)Walking route3.7 km

A circular walk around several Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook

Named routeLength 3.7 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Christ's Lanepublic footpath · 108 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 108 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: pedestrian

Garret Hostel Lanepublic footpath · 22 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mSurface asphaltPath type: living_street

Garret Hostel Lanepublic footpath · 137 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 137 mSurface asphaltPath type: living_street

🚴

Cycling

141 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

SE Cambridge Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cambridge station to Trumpington Park and RideCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Coton CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cambridge signed cycle routes networkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

90,055 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

90,055 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds23 species

spring

2026

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · Robin · Blue Tit +18

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great TitParus major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Mute SwanCygnus olor
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JayGarrulus glandarius
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis

🦌

Mammals2 species

spring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Muntjac

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2026

Common Frog · Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects8 species

spring

2026

Pea-leaf Weevil · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-belted Cleaver · Trioza centranthi · Corizus hyoscyami +3

Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans

🌿

Plants30 species

spring

2026

Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Green Alkanet · White Dead-nettle · Wall Lettuce · Daisy +25

Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis
DaisyBellis perennis
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Small TeaselDipsacus pilosus
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
CowslipPrimula veris
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
Red CampionSilene dioica
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
CleaversGalium aparine
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Siberian SquillScilla siberica
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
CherryPrunus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

90,055 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds23 species

spring

2026

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · Robin · Blue Tit +18

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great TitParus major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Mute SwanCygnus olor
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JayGarrulus glandarius
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis

🦌

Mammals2 species

spring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Muntjac

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2026

Common Frog · Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects8 species

spring

2026

Pea-leaf Weevil · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-belted Cleaver · Trioza centranthi · Corizus hyoscyami +3

Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans

🌿

Plants30 species

spring

2026

Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Green Alkanet · White Dead-nettle · Wall Lettuce · Daisy +25

Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis
DaisyBellis perennis
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Small TeaselDipsacus pilosus
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
CowslipPrimula veris
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
Red CampionSilene dioica
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
CleaversGalium aparine
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Siberian SquillScilla siberica
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
CherryPrunus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Peters · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

King's College chapel in the evening sun

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