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🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.21619, 0.14456
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Mikey's Food Box — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Mikey's Food Box — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Cleavers, Oxeye Daisy +63 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Cleavers, Oxeye Daisy +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 24 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
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
View Point WalkWalking route2.9 km▾
View Point Walk is a 2.9km circular walk that includes a hill and steps
Named routeLength 2.9 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Green Dragon Bridgepublic footpath · 65 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 65 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Chesterton Rec. Pathpublic footpath · 146 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 146 mSurface asphaltPath type: path
Chesterton Rec. Pathpublic footpath · 118 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 118 mSurface asphaltPath type: path
140 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
109,596 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
109,596 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird +21
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Pea-leaf Weevil · Red-belted Cleaver · Scathophaga stercoraria · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Water Scorpion +11
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
- Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus
- Phaonia subventa
Red Dead-nettle · Caper Spurge · Lesser Celandine · Coltsfoot · Viola odorata var. odorata +3
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Viola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorata
- Milk ThistleSilybum marianum
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
109,596 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird +21
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Pea-leaf Weevil · Red-belted Cleaver · Scathophaga stercoraria · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Water Scorpion +11
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
- Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus
- Phaonia subventa
Red Dead-nettle · Caper Spurge · Lesser Celandine · Coltsfoot · Viola odorata var. odorata +3
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Viola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorata
- Milk ThistleSilybum marianum
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Phaonia subventa
Phaonia subventa
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