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Moat Ground

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52.76182, -1.56389

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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
☕Cafe Cru — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ 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
☕Cafe Cru — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· Free

Best for

12 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, Blackbird, Magpie +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +54 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — White Dead-nettle, Daisy, Cow Parsley +86 more · last seen 2026; Plants — White Dead-nettle, Daisy, Cow Parsley +86 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Ringlet, Large White +78 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Speckled Wood, Ringlet, Large White +78 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Physcia tenella, Illosporiopsis christiansenii, Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. +5 more · last seen 2026; Fungi — Physcia tenella, Illosporiopsis christiansenii, Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. +5 more · last seen 2026

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

National Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Ivanhoe WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Coton in the Elms Circular WalkWalking route10 km

Named routeLength 10 kmLocal walking route

Spires and SteeplesWalking route

Named route

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Thorpe Downs Roadpublic footpath · 100 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 100 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Railway Sidepublic footpath · 85 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 85 mSurface fine_gravelPath type: service

🚴

Cycling

79 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Conkers CircuitCycling route

Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route26 m

Named routeLength 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route600 m

Named routeLength 600 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

N/ACycling route2 km

Named routeLength 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

N/ACycling route18 m

Named routeLength 18 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

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Mountain biking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Family Forest Trail (Yellow)Mountain bike route

Named routeRef Family Forest TrailRound trip

Wood Farm TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRef Wood Farm Trail

Shell Brook TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRef Shell Brook TrailRound tripLocal cycle route

Hicks Lodge TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

26,880 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

26,880 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants124 species

spring

2026

Cleavers · Holly · Dandelion · Alder · Meadow Buttercup +119

CleaversGalium aparine
HollyIlex aquifolium
DandelionTaraxacum
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
White CloverTrifolium repens
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
BrambleRubus fruticosus
DaisyBellis perennis
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Curled DockRumex crispus
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
HazelCorylus avellana
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
AshFraxinus excelsior
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Greater PlantainPlantago major
NipplewortLapsana communis
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
BroomCytisus scoparius
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Field MapleAcer campestre
AspenPopulus tremula
Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
ElderSambucus nigra
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Common CouchElymus repens
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
daffodilsNarcissus
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
WeldReseda luteola
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Hyacinthoides hispanicaHyacinthoides hispanica
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
LaurustinusViburnum tinus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Winter JasmineJasminum nudiflorum
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

26,880 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants124 species

spring

2026

Cleavers · Holly · Dandelion · Alder · Meadow Buttercup +119

CleaversGalium aparine
HollyIlex aquifolium
DandelionTaraxacum
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
White CloverTrifolium repens
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
BrambleRubus fruticosus
DaisyBellis perennis
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Curled DockRumex crispus
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
HazelCorylus avellana
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
AshFraxinus excelsior
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Greater PlantainPlantago major
NipplewortLapsana communis
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
BroomCytisus scoparius
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Field MapleAcer campestre
AspenPopulus tremula
Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
ElderSambucus nigra
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Common CouchElymus repens
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
daffodilsNarcissus
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
WeldReseda luteola
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Hyacinthoides hispanicaHyacinthoides hispanica
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
LaurustinusViburnum tinus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Winter JasmineJasminum nudiflorum
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Malcolm Neal · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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