Southfields Linear Open Space
40 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome40 ha
Getting here
52.27880, -0.83172
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 245m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 245m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hairy Shieldbug, Granary Weevil, 24-spot Ladybird +31 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
65 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 536Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 536National Cycle Network
Northampton Cycle Network Connect2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef Connect2Local cycle route
Pitsford Water CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
NorbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 539Round tripNational Cycle Network
N/ACycling route84 m▾
Named routeLength 84 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
14,904 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,904 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +27
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Granary Weevil · 24-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird
- Granary WeevilSitophilus granarius2025
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Daisy · Greater Celandine · Cleavers · Common Ragwort · Red Dead-nettle +10
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,904 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +27
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Granary Weevil · 24-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird
- Granary WeevilSitophilus granarius2025
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Daisy · Greater Celandine · Cleavers · Common Ragwort · Red Dead-nettle +10
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
