Plan your visit
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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.40898, -0.72246
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
- ☀️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
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
- ☀️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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Yellow-legged Gull +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Yellow-legged Gull +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Volucella inanis, 7-spot Ladybird +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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Small park on Rockingham Road, Kettering
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
22,425 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,425 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Yellow-legged Gull · Starling · Redwing +39
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PochardAythya ferina
- RavenCorvus corax
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
White Campion · Buck's-horn Plantain · Flax · Fat-hen · Field Maple +52
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
- FlaxLinum usitatissimum
- Fat-henChenopodium album
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,425 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Yellow-legged Gull · Starling · Redwing +39
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PochardAythya ferina
- RavenCorvus corax
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
White Campion · Buck's-horn Plantain · Flax · Fat-hen · Field Maple +52
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
- FlaxLinum usitatissimum
- Fat-henChenopodium album
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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