Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.22945, -1.07537
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Granny's Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Granny's Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Jackdaw +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Jackdaw +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Hairy Shieldbug, Lesser Stag Beetle +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Knightley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional 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
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
14,418 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,418 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Great Tit · Rook · Blue Tit · Robin +26
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Autumn Hawkbit · Smooth Sow-thistle · Common Mouse-ear · Wall-rue · Ivy +106
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- IvyHedera helix
- Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta
- WeldReseda luteola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,418 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Great Tit · Rook · Blue Tit · Robin +26
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Autumn Hawkbit · Smooth Sow-thistle · Common Mouse-ear · Wall-rue · Ivy +106
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- IvyHedera helix
- Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta
- WeldReseda luteola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
