Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
52.13683, -0.99047
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 168m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and House Sparrow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 168m 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 — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Blackbird +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Blackbird +61 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 — Common Darter, Common Blue Damselfly, Dark-edged Bee-fly +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Knightley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Grafton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional 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
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
Meeting Lanepublic footpath · 82 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 82 mPath type: service
Meeting Lanepublic footpath · 5 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 5 mSurface asphaltPath type: path
Meeting Lanepublic footpath · 7 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mPath type: path
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Northamptonshire Cycle Network N-TCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Along a path in Shire Meadow Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
16,464 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,464 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Robin +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Darter
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Elder · Red Dead-nettle · Greater Plantain · Elm · Ivy +37
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
- ElmUlmus2025
- IvyHedera helix2025
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,464 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Robin +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Darter
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Elder · Red Dead-nettle · Greater Plantain · Elm · Ivy +37
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
- ElmUlmus2025
- IvyHedera helix2025
- RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Prickly Sow-thistle
Prickly Sow-thistle
Sonchus asper2025
Sonchus asper2025
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola2025Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2025Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2025Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata2025Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2025Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Greater BurdockArctium lappa2025Greater BurdockArctium lappa2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2025BuckthornRhamnus cathartica2025Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2025Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2025Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum2025Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Events & activities nearby
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