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Long Buckby Children's Recreation Ground

📷 Michael Trolove · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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52.29951, -1.08504

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 285m 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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 285m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· PaidPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — House Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Swift +40 more · last seen 2025; Birds — House Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Swift +40 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +67 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +67 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Garden Grape-hyacinth, Few-flowered Garlic, Fox-and-cubs +123 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Garden Grape-hyacinth, Few-flowered Garlic, Fox-and-cubs +123 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Few-flowered Garlic, Cut-leaved Dead-nettle, Garlic Mustard +5 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Jurassic WayWalking route142 km

Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route

Napton to Coy Carp section

Named routeRegional walking route

Northamptonshire RoundWalking route

Named route

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Cycling

25 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 50Cycling route

Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route373 m

Named routeRef 50Length 373 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route785 m

Named routeRef 50Length 785 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.5 km

Named routeRef 50Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route167 m

Named routeRef 50Length 167 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route12 m

Named routeRef 50Length 12 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

6,986 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,986 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds2 species

springsummer

2025

Swift · Grey Heron

SwiftApus apus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea

🌿

Plants105 species

summer

2025

Cleavers · Annual Meadow-grass · Common Couch · Polygonum aviculare · Spear Thistle +100

CleaversGalium aparine
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Common CouchElymus repens
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
AshFraxinus excelsior
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common NettleUrtica dioica
BrambleRubus fruticosus
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Field MapleAcer campestre
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
ElmUlmus
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
White CloverTrifolium repens
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Field PansyViola arvensis
NipplewortLapsana communis
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Fat-henChenopodium album
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
DandelionTaraxacum
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
ElderSambucus nigra
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Curled DockRumex crispus
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota
HazelCorylus avellana
Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
IvyHedera helix
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea
HollyIlex aquifolium
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
Broad BeanVicia faba
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
PignutConopodium majus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum
Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,986 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds2 species

springsummer

2025

Swift · Grey Heron

SwiftApus apus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea

🌿

Plants105 species

summer

2025

Cleavers · Annual Meadow-grass · Common Couch · Polygonum aviculare · Spear Thistle +100

CleaversGalium aparine
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Common CouchElymus repens
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
AshFraxinus excelsior
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common NettleUrtica dioica
BrambleRubus fruticosus
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Field MapleAcer campestre
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
ElmUlmus
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
White CloverTrifolium repens
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Field PansyViola arvensis
NipplewortLapsana communis
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Fat-henChenopodium album
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
DandelionTaraxacum
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
ElderSambucus nigra
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Curled DockRumex crispus
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota
HazelCorylus avellana
Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
IvyHedera helix
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea
HollyIlex aquifolium
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
Broad BeanVicia faba
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
PignutConopodium majus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum
Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Michael Trolove · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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