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Park Wood

✦ Ancient woodland42 ha

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome42 ha

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 129m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 129m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking

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 — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +68 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Early-purple Orchid, Cuckooflower · last seen 2022

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Green-veined White +54 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Green-veined White +54 more · last seen 2024

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 32 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route

Harcamlow WayWalking route

Named routeRef HARRegional walking route

Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route

Kings Lanepublic footpath · 219 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 219 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Hogs Lanepublic footpath · 54 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 54 mPath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route

National Byway route through Cambridgeshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

NCN National Route 11Cycling route

Named routeRef 11National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route2.9 km

Named routeRef 11Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route40 m

Named routeRef 11Length 40 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route789 m

Named routeRef 11Length 789 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route24 m

Named routeRef 11Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km

This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.

Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

6 public paths nearby

Public paths

Dark Lanebyway open to all traffic · 780 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 780 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Parkhouse Lanebyway open to all traffic · 770 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 770 mSurface gravelPath type: track

Parkhouse Lanebyway open to all traffic · 335 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 335 mSurface gravelPath type: track

Parkhouse Lanebyway open to all traffic · 32 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 32 mSurface gravelPath type: track

Dark Lanebyway open to all traffic · 219 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 219 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

4,710 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,710 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

springautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chiffchaff · Robin · Wren +45

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Coal TitPeriparus ater
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RookCorvus frugilegus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RavenCorvus corax
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
CootFulica atra2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Badger · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Water Shrew

BadgerMeles meles
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Fallow DeerDama dama
Water ShrewNeomys fodiens

🐝

Insects6 species

springsummer

2024

Green Shieldbug · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Cantharis rustica · Willow Emerald Damselfly +1

Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,710 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

springautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chiffchaff · Robin · Wren +45

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Coal TitPeriparus ater
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RookCorvus frugilegus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RavenCorvus corax
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
CootFulica atra2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Badger · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Water Shrew

BadgerMeles meles
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Fallow DeerDama dama
Water ShrewNeomys fodiens

🐝

Insects6 species

springsummer

2024

Green Shieldbug · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Cantharis rustica · Willow Emerald Damselfly +1

Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Keith Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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