Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome169 ha
Getting here
51.99603, 0.22150
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦32+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Moorhen
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦32+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Moorhen
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Magpie +29 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: North House, Clock House and South House
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Magpie +29 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Limnephilidae, Non-biting midges, Mystacides azurea +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 41 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Lime Tree WalkWalking route▾
Kitchen Garden WalkWalking route▾
Temple WalkWalking route▾
Croat Bridgepublic footpath · 6 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 6 mPath type: footway
Water Lanepublic footpath · 40 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 40 mPath type: unclassified
Water Lanepublic footpath · 7 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mPath type: unclassified
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route through Cambridgeshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
NCN National Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km▾
Named routeRef 11Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 11Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route211 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 211 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Whiteditch Lanebyway open to all traffic · 683 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 683 mPath type: residential
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Entrance to Shortgrove Park, Newport, Essex
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
6,562 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,562 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Carrion Crow · Starling +14
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Stoat · Badger +1
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- StoatMustela erminea
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Limnephilidae · Non-biting midges · Sericostoma personatum · Agapetus · Mystacides azurea +25
- LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae
- Non-biting midgesChironomidae
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum
- AgapetusAgapetus
- Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea
- BaetisBaetis
- MystacidesMystacides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,562 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Carrion Crow · Starling +14
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Stoat · Badger +1
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- StoatMustela erminea
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Limnephilidae · Non-biting midges · Sericostoma personatum · Agapetus · Mystacides azurea +25
- LimnephilidaeLimnephilidae
- Non-biting midgesChironomidae
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum
- AgapetusAgapetus
- Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea
- BaetisBaetis
- MystacidesMystacides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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