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Moated site, known as `Crows Parlour'.

0 ha

📷 David Beresford · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsHeritage
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

52.09065, 0.07866

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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
  • ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
  • 🛝Playground 292m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
ParkingPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Pochard +87 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Pochard +87 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Oxypselaphus obscurus, Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird +2 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Oxypselaphus obscurus, Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Dilated Scalewort, White-tipped Bristle-moss, Lateral Cryphaea +1 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Dilated Scalewort, White-tipped Bristle-moss, Lateral Cryphaea +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
RSPB Fowlmere Nature TrailWalking route

Nature trail around RSPB Fowlmere

Named routeLocal walking route
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
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Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 11Cycling route
Named routeRef 11National Cycle Network
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route

National Byway route through Cambridgeshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route35 m
Named routeRef 11Length 35 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route62 m
Named routeRef 11Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route82 m
Named routeRef 11Length 82 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km

This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.

Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Chapel Lane, Fowlmere

📷 David Beresford · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Chapel Lane, Fowlmere

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Bran Ditch: an Anglo-Saxon bank and ditch between Fowlmere and Heydon, including an Anglo-Saxon burial ground, a section of medieval lynchet and an Iron Age enclosureHistoric site2.9 km→🐄Maned WolvesVisitor farm3.9 km→🐄White-lipped tamarinVisitor farm3.9 km→🐄Asian Short-Clawed OtterVisitor farm3.9 km→🐄Sumatran TigerVisitor farm4 km→🐄Prairie DogsVisitor farm4 km→

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