LIMEKILN CLOSE (AND WEST PIT) (MAP TO BE VERIFIED) 3 ha
🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🎠 Play
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Cambridge Getting here
52.18278, 0.17149
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 165m away — 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 165m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Beyond Anglesey Abbey Walk, Anglesey Abbey Walking route 7.4 km ▾
Flat route along grass paths. Dogs welcome.
Named route Length 7.4 km Duration 01:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Fen Rivers Way (Final Cambridge section) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Wimpole Way Walking route 20.7 km ▾
A walk from Cambridge to Wimpole Hall through gently rolling countryside, historic villages and small areas of ancient woodland
Named route Length 20.7 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Love Lane public footpath · 209 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 209 m Surface asphalt Path type: footway
Show on map 126 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 51 National Cycle Network
Show on map SE Cambridge Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge station to Trumpington Park and Ride Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge secondary cycle network Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Coton Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge signed cycle routes network Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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About this nature reserve Limekiln Close (and West Pit) is a 3-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Cambridge, Eastern England. The area features diverse habitats, supporting small mammals and various plant species, with paths for walking and enjoying the surroundings.
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Wildlife to spot
58,154 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 58,154 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Magpie +43
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Silver Fish
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum Cow Parsley · Alexanders · Snowdrop · Holly · Stinking Hellebore +9
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum Snowdrop Galanthus Holly Ilex aquifolium Stinking Hellebore Helleborus foetidus Bramble Rubus fruticosus Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 58,154 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Magpie +43
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Silver Fish
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum Cow Parsley · Alexanders · Snowdrop · Holly · Stinking Hellebore +9
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum Snowdrop Galanthus Holly Ilex aquifolium Stinking Hellebore Helleborus foetidus Bramble Rubus fruticosus Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Traveller's-joy Clematis vitalba
Traveller's-joy Clematis vitalba
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Ivy Hedera helix
Ivy Hedera helix
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis 