Getting here
52.15247, 0.27973
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Sirocalodes mixtus, Common Darter, Meadow Grasshopper +16 more · last seen 2025
Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Lapwing, Chiffchaff +21 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Lapwing, Chiffchaff +21 more · last seen 2025
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wild Privet, Creeping Thistle, Hawkweed Oxtongue +62 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Wild Privet, Creeping Thistle, Hawkweed Oxtongue +62 more · last seen 2025
Foraging
Strong match
Plants — Hawkweed Oxtongue, Wild Thyme, Bramble +9 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walking
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km
long distance footpath 169 km
Harcamlow WayWalking route
Fleam Dykepublic footpath · 3 km
🚴Cycling
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycling
Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route
🚵Mountain biking
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Mountain biking
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Wildlife to spot
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