Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.08805, -0.71945
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕The Sandwich Shack — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕The Sandwich Shack — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Meadow Pipit +80 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Meadow Pipit +80 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Migrant Hawker, Small Red-eyed Damselfly +21 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Three Shires WayWalking route79 km▾
49 mile route liking the Swan's Way to the Grafham Water circular walk, which it now incorporates, made up largely of bridleways.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
61 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
MK Redway Super Route V10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V10Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H6Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H5Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H4Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route Railway WalkCycling route▾
Named routeRef RWLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
24,734 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,734 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Canada Goose · Bittern +32
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly +3
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Dandelion · Lords-and-Ladies · Holly · Common Nettle · Ivy +4
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- IvyHedera helix
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,734 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Canada Goose · Bittern +32
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly +3
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Dandelion · Lords-and-Ladies · Holly · Common Nettle · Ivy +4
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- IvyHedera helix
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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