Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.21427, -0.37851
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Moorhen
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Moorhen
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Moorhen, Woodpigeon +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: PARISH CHURCH OF ST DENYS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Moorhen, Woodpigeon +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +20 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km▾
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 2 (Turvey to Eaton Socon)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
School Lanepublic footpath · 325 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 325 mPath type: unclassified
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Beds)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Route HDC 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 7Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route21 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 21 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route412 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 412 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Green Lanebridleway · 303 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 303 mPath type: bridleway
Shelford Lanebridleway · 1.4 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.4 kmPath type: bridleway
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,131 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,131 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Moorhen · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +41
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Gatekeeper · Small White · Meadow Brown · Peacock · Large White +8
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- PeacockAglais io
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
Lady's Bedstraw · Sulphur Clover · Pyramidal Orchid · Salsify
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Sulphur CloverTrifolium ochroleucon
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- SalsifyTragopogon porrifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,131 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Moorhen · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +41
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Gatekeeper · Small White · Meadow Brown · Peacock · Large White +8
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- PeacockAglais io
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
Lady's Bedstraw · Sulphur Clover · Pyramidal Orchid · Salsify
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Sulphur CloverTrifolium ochroleucon
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- SalsifyTragopogon porrifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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