Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome39 ha
Getting here
52.04528, -0.71493
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Grey Heron
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Grey Heron
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Grey Heron, Moorhen +87 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Grey Heron, Moorhen +87 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Migrant Hawker, Common Darter +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 8 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
Hanslope Circular RideWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 1 (Syresham to Turvey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
152 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Millennium Circular RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
MK Redway Super Route V11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V11Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V7Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V6Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V4Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Longslade TrailMountain bike route▾
19 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
River ouzel goes under Childs Way by Willen Lake
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
25,576 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,576 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Moorhen · Coot · Gadwall +45
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- TealAnas crecca
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Cowslip · White Dead-nettle · Hazel · Cow Parsley · Cleavers +8
- CowslipPrimula veris
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- HazelCorylus
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,576 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Moorhen · Coot · Gadwall +45
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- TealAnas crecca
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Cowslip · White Dead-nettle · Hazel · Cow Parsley · Cleavers +8
- CowslipPrimula veris
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- HazelCorylus
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- DandelionTaraxacum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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