Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.18887, 0.15079
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Magpie +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Magpie +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bramble, Red Dead-nettle, Ivy +73 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bramble, Red Dead-nettle, Ivy +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Bramble, Red Dead-nettle, Blackthorn +9 more foraging species
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Beyond Anglesey Abbey Walk, Anglesey AbbeyWalking route7.4 km▾
Flat route along grass paths. Dogs welcome.
Named routeLength 7.4 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Fen Rivers Way (Final Cambridge section)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 4 - Red Markers)Walking route6.4 km▾
A circular walk around Lark Rise Farm, alongside Bourn Brook and then through the village of Barton
Named routeLength 6.4 kmRound tripLocal walking route
131 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
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Wildlife to spot
82,253 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
82,253 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Blackbird · Robin · Magpie +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Wood Mouse +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Red-belted Cleaver · Pea-leaf Weevil · Scathophaga stercoraria · Silver Fish · Dark-edged Bee-fly +3
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Helina evecta
Red Dead-nettle · Hairy Bitter-cress · Lesser Celandine · Caper Spurge · Shepherd's-purse +6
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
- Ivy-leaved Toadflax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
82,253 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Blackbird · Robin · Magpie +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Wood Mouse +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Red-belted Cleaver · Pea-leaf Weevil · Scathophaga stercoraria · Silver Fish · Dark-edged Bee-fly +3
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Helina evecta
Red Dead-nettle · Hairy Bitter-cress · Lesser Celandine · Caper Spurge · Shepherd's-purse +6
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
- Ivy-leaved Toadflax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Helina evecta
Helina evecta
Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationisCymbalaria muralis
Cymbalaria muralis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumCherryPrunusCherryPrunusPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgaris