Nicholas Hawksmoor Pocket Park
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.12746, -0.99689
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 170m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 170m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Common Darter, Eristalis pertinax, 7-spot Ladybird +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Knightley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Grafton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Northamptonshire Cycle Network N-TCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Grafton Waybridleway · 5 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 5 mPath type: path
Grafton Waybridleway · 109 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 109 mSurface grassPath type: path
Grafton Waybridleway · 1 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1 kmPath type: bridleway
Grafton Waybridleway · 176 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 176 mSurface asphaltPath type: path
Grafton Waybridleway · 129 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 129 mPath type: path
Photos
South Northants Council Leisure Centre, Towcester
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
17,320 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,320 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow · Robin +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Common Darter · Eristalis pertinax
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Elder · Many-Seeded Goosefoot · Red Dead-nettle · Fox-and-cubs · Field Forget-me-not +23
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2025
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,320 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow · Robin +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Common Darter · Eristalis pertinax
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Elder · Many-Seeded Goosefoot · Red Dead-nettle · Fox-and-cubs · Field Forget-me-not +23
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2025
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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