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The Green

11 ha

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha

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52.06739, -0.75574

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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 on site — 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 on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

Best for

11 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Moorhen, Mallard, Black-headed Gull +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Moorhen, Mallard, Black-headed Gull +77 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

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 6

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Grafton WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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

North Bucks WayWalking route

Named routeRegional 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

Great Groundpublic footpath · 50 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 50 mPath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

124 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

🐴

Horse riding

21 public paths nearby

Public paths

Canal Broadwalkbridleway · 291 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 291 mPath type: cycleway

Wildlife to spot

93,460 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

93,460 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Goldfinch · Canada Goose · Moorhen · Mallard +51

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CootFulica atra2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great TitParus major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025

🌿

Plants3 species

spring

2026

Sweet Violet · Wood Anemone · Primrose

Sweet VioletViola odorata
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

93,460 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Goldfinch · Canada Goose · Moorhen · Mallard +51

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CootFulica atra2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great TitParus major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025

🌿

Plants3 species

spring

2026

Sweet Violet · Wood Anemone · Primrose

Sweet VioletViola odorata
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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