Loughton Valley Linear Park
52 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome52 ha
Getting here
52.05459, -0.79449
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Roman Crown — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Roman Crown — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +74 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +74 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Common Blue Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Creeping Bent, Creeping Buttercup, Common Bent +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Grafton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
North Bucks WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hanslope Circular RideWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Alexandra Courtpublic footpath · 100 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 100 mPath type: footway
Gerard Closepublic footpath · 56 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 56 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Nightingale Crescentpublic footpath · 71 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 71 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
123 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Millennium Circular RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
MK Redway Super Route V7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V7Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V6Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V4Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H8Local cycle route
20 public paths nearby
Public paths
Railway Walkbridleway · 78 m▾
redway
Public pathbridlewayLength 78 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Railway Walkbridleway · 15 m▾
redway
Public pathbridlewayLength 15 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Photos
Footbridge, North Loughton Valley Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
12,139 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,139 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Leisler's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle +2
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown Long-eared Bat
🐝Insects26 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-eyed Damselfly · Idiocerus herrichi · Marmalade Hoverfly +21
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
- Idiocerus herrichiIdiocerus herrichi
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
🌿Plants13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Ramsons · Sweet Violet · Cherry Plum · Balkan Anemone · Buttercup +8
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Balkan AnemoneAnemone blanda
- ButtercupRanunculus2025
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,139 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Leisler's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle +2
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Leisler's BatNyctalus leisleri
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown Long-eared Bat
🐝Insects26 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-eyed Damselfly · Idiocerus herrichi · Marmalade Hoverfly +21
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
- Idiocerus herrichiIdiocerus herrichi
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
🌿Plants13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Ramsons · Sweet Violet · Cherry Plum · Balkan Anemone · Buttercup +8
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Balkan AnemoneAnemone blanda
- ButtercupRanunculus2025
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Plecotus auritus
Plecotus auritus
Southern Hawker
Southern Hawker
Aeshna cyanea2025
Aeshna cyanea2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Plantain
Plantain
Plantago2025
Plantago2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025Events & activities nearby
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