Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome35 ha
Getting here
51.88946, -0.41356
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Jackdaw
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 245m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Jackdaw
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 245m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +53 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Magpie, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +53 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 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
Lea Valley Walk (link to Leagrave Station)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lea Valley Walk (link to Luton Parkway station)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
John Bunyan TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
79 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 606Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 606National Cycle Network
Recreational Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Local circular? cycle route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Ride on the wild sideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
59,272 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
59,272 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +35
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Winter Aconite · Stinking Hellebore · Siberian Squill · Groundsel · Common Field-speedwell +4
- Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
- Siberian SquillScilla siberica
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
- Green Alkanet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
59,272 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +35
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Winter Aconite · Stinking Hellebore · Siberian Squill · Groundsel · Common Field-speedwell +4
- Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
- Siberian SquillScilla siberica
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
- Green Alkanet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pentaglottis sempervirens
Pentaglottis sempervirens
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