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Long Buckby United Reformed Church

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52.30142, -1.07947

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Swift
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Born & Bread — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Swift
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Born & Bread — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· FreeToilets

Best for

10 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — House Sparrow, Swift, Woodpigeon +42 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — House Sparrow, Swift, Woodpigeon +42 more · last seen 2025

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +105 more · last seen 2024

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

café, toilets

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Garden Grape-hyacinth, Few-flowered Garlic, Fox-and-cubs +107 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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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

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 50Cycling route

Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network

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 route4.8 km

Named routeRef 50Length 4.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route49 m

Named routeRef 50Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.5 km

Named routeRef 50Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

7,228 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,228 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants112 species

summer

2025

Annual Meadow-grass · Cleavers · Prickly Sow-thistle · Common Couch · Black-grass +107

Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
CleaversGalium aparine
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Common CouchElymus repens
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Field MapleAcer campestre
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
AshFraxinus excelsior
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
ElmUlmus
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Field PansyViola arvensis
NipplewortLapsana communis
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Curled DockRumex crispus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
White CloverTrifolium repens
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
ElderSambucus nigra
Fat-henChenopodium album
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
DandelionTaraxacum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
HemlockConium maculatum
TimothyPhleum pratense
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
IvyHedera helix
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata
Common VetchVicia sativa
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,228 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants112 species

summer

2025

Annual Meadow-grass · Cleavers · Prickly Sow-thistle · Common Couch · Black-grass +107

Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
CleaversGalium aparine
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Common CouchElymus repens
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Field MapleAcer campestre
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
AshFraxinus excelsior
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
ElmUlmus
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Field PansyViola arvensis
NipplewortLapsana communis
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Dwarf SpurgeEuphorbia exigua
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Curled DockRumex crispus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
White CloverTrifolium repens
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
ElderSambucus nigra
Fat-henChenopodium album
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
DandelionTaraxacum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
HemlockConium maculatum
TimothyPhleum pratense
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
IvyHedera helix
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata
Common VetchVicia sativa
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Ian Rob · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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