Paradise Nature Reserve 9 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 9 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Cambridge Getting here
52.19350, 0.11391
Open directionsv 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Flux Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Flux Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl; Birds — Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Robin +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets, picnic area
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Daisy, White Dead-nettle, Red Dead-nettle +37 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Daisy, White Dead-nettle, Red Dead-nettle +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Pea-leaf Weevil, Otiorhynchus crataegi +22 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 17 signed routes nearby · 54 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Rowan's Walk Walking route 2.6 km ▾
Rowans Walk is a 2.57km circular walk on grassy tracks
Named route Length 2.6 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 2 - Yellow Markers) Walking route 2.8 km ▾
A short circular walk around Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook and a small wood called The Spinney
Named route Length 2.8 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 3 - Blue Markers) Walking route 3.7 km ▾
A circular walk around several Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook
Named route Length 3.7 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Grantchester Meadows cycleway public footpath · 165 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 165 m Surface asphalt Path type: cycleway
Show on map Crusoe Bridge public footpath · 4 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 4 m Path type: steps
Show on map New Bit public footpath · 301 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 301 m Surface asphalt Path type: cycleway
Show on map 136 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 51 National Cycle Network
Show on map SE Cambridge Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge station to Trumpington Park and Ride Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge secondary cycle network Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Coton Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cambridge signed cycle routes network Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Riverside path in Paradise Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 7937182
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Wildlife to spot
71,049 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 71,049 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · Robin · Magpie +16
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Dunnock Prunella modularis Jay Garrulus glandarius Greylag Goose Anser anser Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Pea-leaf Weevil · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-belted Cleaver · Trioza centranthi · Corizus hyoscyami +3
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Red-belted Cleaver Aglaostigma aucupariae Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Black Clock Red Dead-nettle · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · White Dead-nettle · Daisy · Primrose +25
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle White Dead-nettle Lamium album Daisy Bellis perennis Primrose Primula vulgaris Groundsel Senecio vulgaris Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 71,049 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · Robin · Magpie +16
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Dunnock Prunella modularis Jay Garrulus glandarius Greylag Goose Anser anser Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major House Sparrow Passer domesticus Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Pea-leaf Weevil · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-belted Cleaver · Trioza centranthi · Corizus hyoscyami +3
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Red-belted Cleaver Aglaostigma aucupariae Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Black Clock Red Dead-nettle · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · White Dead-nettle · Daisy · Primrose +25
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle White Dead-nettle Lamium album Daisy Bellis perennis Primrose Primula vulgaris Groundsel Senecio vulgaris Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pterostichus madidus
Pterostichus madidus
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Small Teasel Dipsacus pilosus
Small Teasel Dipsacus pilosus
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Cowslip Primula veris
Cowslip Primula veris
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis
Red Campion Silene dioica
Red Campion Silene dioica
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum
Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis
Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Siberian Squill Scilla siberica
Siberian Squill Scilla siberica
Cherry Prunus
Cherry Prunus 