St Albans Recreation Ground
4 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.22989, 0.11872
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, House Sparrow +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, House Sparrow +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rowan's WalkWalking route2.6 km▾
Rowans Walk is a 2.57km circular walk on grassy tracks
Named routeLength 2.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Fen Rivers Way (Cambridge to Ely)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Fen Rivers Way (Final Cambridge section)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Running Fox Walk 3Walking route4.2 km▾
A circular walk around meadows, fields and spinneys
Named routeLength 4.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
115 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
SE Cambridge Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge station to Trumpington Park and RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Coton CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge signed cycle routes networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
69,123 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
69,123 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin · Starling +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Trioza centranthi · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Nephus quadrimaculatus · Pea-leaf Weevil · Epistrophe eligans +3
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Hairy Shieldbug
Lesser Celandine · Hairy Bitter-cress · Viola odorata var. odorata · Small Nettle · Cleavers +5
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Viola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorata
- Small NettleUrtica urens
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
- Field Forget-me-not
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
69,123 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin · Starling +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Trioza centranthi · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Nephus quadrimaculatus · Pea-leaf Weevil · Epistrophe eligans +3
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Hairy Shieldbug
Lesser Celandine · Hairy Bitter-cress · Viola odorata var. odorata · Small Nettle · Cleavers +5
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Viola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorata
- Small NettleUrtica urens
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
- Field Forget-me-not
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dolycoris baccarum
Dolycoris baccarum
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaMyosotis arvensis
Myosotis arvensis
Spotted MedickMedicago arabicaSpotted MedickMedicago arabicaDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioica