Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
52.19685, 0.11332
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +35 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +35 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Pea-leaf Weevil, Red-belted Cleaver +22 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby · 53 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
Crusoe Bridgepublic footpath · 4 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 4 mPath type: steps
Crusoe Bridgepublic footpath · 4 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 4 mPath type: steps
New Bitpublic footpath · 301 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 301 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
139 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
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
76,345 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
76,345 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · Robin · Blue Tit +17
- 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
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Pea-leaf Weevil · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-belted Cleaver · Trioza centranthi · Corizus hyoscyami +2
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Phaonia subventa
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Green Alkanet · White Dead-nettle · Red Dead-nettle · Daisy +26
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
76,345 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · Robin · Blue Tit +17
- 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
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Pea-leaf Weevil · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-belted Cleaver · Trioza centranthi · Corizus hyoscyami +2
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Phaonia subventa
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Green Alkanet · White Dead-nettle · Red Dead-nettle · Daisy +26
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Phaonia subventa
Phaonia subventa
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