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📷 Dave Thompson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

52.46901, -0.91460

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom 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

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
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Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Starling, Peregrine, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Starling, Peregrine, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Southern Hawker, Dark-edged Bee-fly +99 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Southern Hawker, Dark-edged Bee-fly +99 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Black Nightshade, Pendulous Sedge, Red Dead-nettle +26 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Black Nightshade, Pendulous Sedge, Red Dead-nettle +26 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Lecidella elaeochroma, Yellow Brain, Sycamore Tarspot · last seen 2026; Fungi — Lecidella elaeochroma, Yellow Brain, Sycamore Tarspot · last seen 2026

Varies

Foraging

Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Elder, Autumn Hawkbit +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

57 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Brampton Valley WayCycling route
Named route
Route 6Cycling route
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 64Cycling route
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km
Named routeRef 6Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route86 m
Named routeRef 64Length 86 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
Main RouteCycling route817 m
Named routeRef 6Length 817 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

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Northampton Road allotments

📷 Dave Thompson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Northampton Road allotments

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Little Bowden ParkUrban park400 m→🌱Welland ParkUrban park1.1 km→🌱Brampton Valley Way Linear ParkUrban park2.6 km→🌱Market Harborough Leisure Centre Playing FieldsUrban park400 m→🌱Garden of RemembranceUrban park1 km→🌱Welland ParkUrban park1.1 km→

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