Royal Air Force College Cranwell
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.04349, -0.50033
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ☀️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
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ☀️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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, Roesel's Bush-cricket, 24-spot Ladybird +9 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leasingham - SleafordCycling route▾
Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network
A607 Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 151Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route215 m▾
Named routeRef 151Length 215 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Lighter-than-Air Roadrestricted byway · 794 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 794 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Devil's Dipbridleway · 301 m▾
MoD property, no public access
Public pathbridlewayLength 301 mPath type: unclassified
Bristol House Roadbridleway · 591 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 591 mPath type: residential
Photos
Airfield to North of Main RAF Cranwell Air Base
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,187 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,187 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspring
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +39
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Roesel's Bush-cricket · 24-spot Ladybird · Fig Gall · Chrysolina hyperici · House Cricket +4
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Fig GallTetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmi
- Chrysolina hypericiChrysolina hyperici
- House CricketAcheta domesticus2022
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2022
Smooth Rupturewort · Yellow Feather-moss
- Smooth RupturewortHerniaria glabra
- Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,187 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspring
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +39
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Roesel's Bush-cricket · 24-spot Ladybird · Fig Gall · Chrysolina hyperici · House Cricket +4
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Fig GallTetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmi
- Chrysolina hypericiChrysolina hyperici
- House CricketAcheta domesticus2022
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2022
Smooth Rupturewort · Yellow Feather-moss
- Smooth RupturewortHerniaria glabra
- Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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