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Maxey Close Play Area

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📷 Richard Humphrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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52.67810, -0.32549

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 411m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 411m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Mute Swan, Black-headed Gull +89 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mute Swan, Black-headed Gull +89 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Limnephilus flavicornis +12 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Limnephilus flavicornis +12 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 26 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

Torpel WayWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

John Clare Country routeCycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

The Deepings (Lincolnshire Cycle Routes)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

The Green WheelCycling route

Named routeRef 21Round tripRegional cycle route

The Green WheelCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route582 m

Named routeRef 12Length 582 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

22,317 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

22,317 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

autumnwinter

2025

Mute Swan · Magpie · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Coot +51

Mute SwanCygnus olor
MagpiePica pica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CootFulica atra
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
GadwallMareca strepera
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
TealAnas crecca
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoosanderMergus merganser
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Rock DoveColumba livia
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RookCorvus frugilegus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common GullLarus canus
RavenCorvus corax
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SiskinSpinus spinus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Muntjac · Roe Deer

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

Red Dead-nettle · White Dead-nettle

Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
White Dead-nettleLamium album

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

22,317 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

autumnwinter

2025

Mute Swan · Magpie · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Coot +51

Mute SwanCygnus olor
MagpiePica pica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CootFulica atra
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
GadwallMareca strepera
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
TealAnas crecca
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoosanderMergus merganser
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Rock DoveColumba livia
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RookCorvus frugilegus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common GullLarus canus
RavenCorvus corax
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SiskinSpinus spinus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Muntjac · Roe Deer

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2026

Red Dead-nettle · White Dead-nettle

Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
White Dead-nettleLamium album

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Humphrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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