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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
51.90713, -0.44735
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +49 more · last seen 2025; Good quality semi-improved grassland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Creeping Thistle, Marsh Thistle, Meadowsweet +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Lea Valley Walk (link to Leagrave Station)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lea Valley Walk (link to Luton Parkway station)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
John Bunyan TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
86 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 606Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 606National Cycle Network
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Ride on the wild sideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route39 m▾
Named routeLength 39 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route44 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 44 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
45,078 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
45,078 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +36
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwiftApus apus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Field Grasshopper
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
🌿Plants8 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Greater Periwinkle · Snowberry · Alder · Creeping Thistle · Dwarf Mallow +3
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025
- Water MintMentha aquatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
45,078 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +36
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwiftApus apus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Field Grasshopper
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
🌿Plants8 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Greater Periwinkle · Snowberry · Alder · Creeping Thistle · Dwarf Mallow +3
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta2025
- Water MintMentha aquatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Events & activities nearby
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