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Northend Community Orchard

6 ha

📷 Stacey Harris · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

Getting here

51.74339, -0.43914

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 233m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 233m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Field Grasshopper, 7-spot Ladybird, Bishop's Mitre +80 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Field Grasshopper, 7-spot Ladybird, Bishop's Mitre +80 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km

A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England

Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route

Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route

Napton to Coy Carp section

Named routeRegional walking route

Ver Valley Walk 5Walking route

The Three Burys Walk

Named routeRef Ver5Local walking route

Red WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Blue WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Hemel Hempstead cycle route 7Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Buncefield Lane QuietwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 57Cycling route

Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route758 m

Named routeRef 57Length 758 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route235 m

Named routeRef 57Length 235 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route181 m

Named routeRef 57Length 181 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

14,476 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,476 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

springsummer

2025

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +60

MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SwiftApus apus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
JackdawColoeus monedula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas
BuzzardButeo buteo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
RookCorvus frugilegus
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
RedpollAcanthis flammea2022
Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2022
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2022
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2022
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022

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Mammals10 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species +5

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Feral CatFelis catus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐟

Fish2 species

summer

2024

Common Bream · Roach

Common BreamAbramis brama
RoachRutilus rutilus

🐝

Insects83 species

summer

2026

Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Bishop's Mitre · Tortoise Bug · Hairy Shieldbug +78

Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Small WhitePieris rapae2022
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2023
Large WhitePieris brassicae2022
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024
Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2023
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2022
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2022
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Athysanus argentariusAthysanus argentarius2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Bombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitans2025
Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025
Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2025
Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2024
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
Calathus fuscipesCalathus fuscipes2024
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024
Malvapion malvaeMalvapion malvae2024
Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2024
Raglius alboacuminatusRaglius alboacuminatus2024
CheilosiaCheilosia2024
Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2023
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2023
Oxythyrea funestaOxythyrea funesta2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus2023
Alosterna tabacicolorAlosterna tabacicolor2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2023
Psychoda sigmaPsychoda sigma2023
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2022
Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2022
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2022
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2022
CommaPolygonia c-album2022
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2022
Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2022

🌿

Plants8 species

winterspring

2025

Toothwort · Giant Hogweed · Rusty-Back Fern · Wall-rue · Maidenhair Spleenwort +3

ToothwortLathraea squamaria
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach2023
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2023
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023
LavenderLavandula2022
Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis2022
Sand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanum2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,476 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

springsummer

2025

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +60

MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SwiftApus apus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
JackdawColoeus monedula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas
BuzzardButeo buteo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
RookCorvus frugilegus
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
RedpollAcanthis flammea2022
Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2022
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2022
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2022
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022

🦌

Mammals10 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species +5

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Feral CatFelis catus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐟

Fish2 species

summer

2024

Common Bream · Roach

Common BreamAbramis brama
RoachRutilus rutilus

🐝

Insects83 species

summer

2026

Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Bishop's Mitre · Tortoise Bug · Hairy Shieldbug +78

Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Small WhitePieris rapae2022
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2023
Large WhitePieris brassicae2022
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformis2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024
Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2023
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2022
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2022
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Athysanus argentariusAthysanus argentarius2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Bombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitans2025
Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025
Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2025
Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2024
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
Calathus fuscipesCalathus fuscipes2024
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024
Malvapion malvaeMalvapion malvae2024
Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2024
Raglius alboacuminatusRaglius alboacuminatus2024
CheilosiaCheilosia2024
Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2023
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2023
Oxythyrea funestaOxythyrea funesta2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus2023
Alosterna tabacicolorAlosterna tabacicolor2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2023
Psychoda sigmaPsychoda sigma2023
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2022
Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2022
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2022
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2022
CommaPolygonia c-album2022
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2022
Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2022

🌿

Plants8 species

winterspring

2025

Toothwort · Giant Hogweed · Rusty-Back Fern · Wall-rue · Maidenhair Spleenwort +3

ToothwortLathraea squamaria
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach2023
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2023
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023
LavenderLavandula2022
Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis2022
Sand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanum2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Stacey Harris · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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