Palaceyard Wood medieval moated enclosure and associated enclosures, woodland bank and cultivation earthworks
8 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.17673, -0.34804
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Great Crested Grebe
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Great Crested Grebe
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck +78 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck +78 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Scarce Chaser, Banded Demoiselle, Dark-edged Bee-fly +20 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bristly Oxtongue, Hogweed, Hawthorn +139 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kingfisher WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km▾
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 2 (Turvey to Eaton Socon)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 3 (Eaton Socon to Brandon Creek)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
56 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Beds)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Bedford Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef GWRound tripLocal cycle route
Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13Local cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,255 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,255 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springautumn
2025▾
Coot · Great Crested Grebe · Rook · Tufted Duck · Mallard +38
- CootFulica atra2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2021
- Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2021
- Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2021
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Muntjac · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Scarce Chaser · Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle +2
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
- Lesser Stag Beetle
Purple-loosestrife · Bristly Oxtongue · Spiked Star-of-Bethlehem
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024
- Spiked Star-of-BethlehemOrnithogalum pyrenaicum2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,255 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springautumn
2025▾
Coot · Great Crested Grebe · Rook · Tufted Duck · Mallard +38
- CootFulica atra2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2021
- Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2021
- Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2021
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Muntjac · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Scarce Chaser · Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle +2
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
- Lesser Stag Beetle
Purple-loosestrife · Bristly Oxtongue · Spiked Star-of-Bethlehem
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024
- Spiked Star-of-BethlehemOrnithogalum pyrenaicum2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dorcus parallelipipedus2023
Dorcus parallelipipedus2023
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