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🧺 Picnic🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 69 ha
Getting here
52.23777, 0.16501
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground 160m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground 160m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Gadwall +65 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Gadwall +65 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Beyond Anglesey Abbey Walk, Anglesey Abbey Walking route 7.4 km ▾
Flat route along grass paths. Dogs welcome.
Named route Length 7.4 km Duration 01:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Lode Dog-Walking Trail, Anglesey Abbey Walking route 3.2 km ▾
Flat grass paths which may be muddy at times, as well as paved village streets and close to open water. Dogs welcome, on a lead for village part of the route.
Named route Length 3.2 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Long Explorer's Route, Anglesey Abbey Walking route 2.4 km ▾
This route can be seasonally muddy and had a narrow bridge (width 80cm) that is not recommended for mobility scooters.
has some uneven ground and steep slopes. Most of the route has firm surfaces, but a small section is dirt track. Assistance dogs only.
Named route Length 2.4 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Halingway public footpath · 243 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 243 m Surface asphalt Path type: cycleway
Show on map Halingway public footpath · 47 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 47 m Surface asphalt Path type: cycleway
Show on map Cam Towpath public footpath · 2.2 km ▾
Public path public footpath Length 2.2 km Surface fine_gravel Path type: path
Show on map 116 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 51 National Cycle Network
Show on map SE Cambridge Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge station to Trumpington Park and Ride Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge secondary cycle network Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Coton Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge signed cycle routes network Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Dickerson's Pit, Milton Country Park
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Wildlife to spot
68,150 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 68,150 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Gadwall · Black-headed Gull +17
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Gadwall Mareca strepera Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greylag Goose Anser anser Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Cleavers · Yarrow · Oxeye Daisy · Hedge Bedstraw · Cow Parsley +55
Cleavers Galium aparine Yarrow Achillea millefolium Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Hedge Bedstraw Galium album Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata Common Nettle Urtica dioica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 68,150 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Gadwall · Black-headed Gull +17
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Gadwall Mareca strepera Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greylag Goose Anser anser Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Cleavers · Yarrow · Oxeye Daisy · Hedge Bedstraw · Cow Parsley +55
Cleavers Galium aparine Yarrow Achillea millefolium Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Hedge Bedstraw Galium album Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata Common Nettle Urtica dioica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wild Carrot Daucus carota
Wild Carrot Daucus carota
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Bramble Rubus
Bramble Rubus
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Spotted Medick Medicago arabica
Spotted Medick Medicago arabica
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Valerianella Valerianella
Valerianella Valerianella
Rough Chervil Chaerophyllum temulum
Rough Chervil Chaerophyllum temulum
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea
Field Maple Acer campestre
Field Maple Acer campestre
Common Couch Elymus repens
Common Couch Elymus repens
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
Viola odorata var. odorata Viola odorata var. odorata
Viola odorata var. odorata Viola odorata var. odorata
Milk Thistle Silybum marianum
Milk Thistle Silybum marianum
Small Nettle Urtica urens
Small Nettle Urtica urens
Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum
Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis
Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Green Snowdrop Galanthus woronowii
Green Snowdrop Galanthus woronowii
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis
Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Dog-rose Rosa canina
Dog-rose Rosa canina
Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima
Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima
Fool's Water-Cress Helosciadium nodiflorum
Fool's Water-Cress Helosciadium nodiflorum
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Traveller's-joy Clematis vitalba
Traveller's-joy Clematis vitalba
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula
Oregon Grape Mahonia
Oregon Grape Mahonia
Soft Shield-fern Polystichum setiferum
Soft Shield-fern Polystichum setiferum
Buddleja Buddleja
Buddleja Buddleja
Common Stork's-bill Erodium cicutarium
Common Stork's-bill Erodium cicutarium
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum
Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Elder Sambucus nigra
Elder Sambucus nigra
Alder Alnus glutinosa
Alder Alnus glutinosa
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur 