Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.08261, 0.43810
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Rock Dove +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Rock Dove +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Banded Demoiselle, Common Blue Damselfly +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 24 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Haverhill to Long Melford Branchpublic footpath · 14 m▾
Old Railway Walk (& cycles)
Public pathpublic footpathLength 14 mSurface pavedPath type: cycleway
Haverhill to Long Melford Branchpublic footpath · 101 m▾
Old Railway Walk (& cycles)
Public pathpublic footpathLength 101 mSurface pavedPath type: cycleway
Haverhill to Long Melford Branchpublic footpath · 138 m▾
Old Railway Walk (& cycles)
Public pathpublic footpathLength 138 mSurface pavedPath type: cycleway
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Quakers Lanebridleway · 130 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 130 mSurface asphaltPath type: pedestrian
Castle Lanebridleway · 311 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 311 mPath type: residential
Mill Roadbridleway · 73 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 73 mPath type: service
Quakers Lanebridleway · 99 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 99 mSurface asphaltPath type: pedestrian
Quakers Lanebridleway · 49 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 49 mSurface asphaltPath type: pedestrian
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Haverhill St Mary’s church
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Wildlife to spot
34,504 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,504 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +25
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Limnephilus lunatus · Green Shieldbug
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Dandelion · Blackthorn · Shepherd's-purse · Ribwort Plantain · Sweet Violet +74
- DandelionTaraxacum
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,504 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +25
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Limnephilus lunatus · Green Shieldbug
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Dandelion · Blackthorn · Shepherd's-purse · Ribwort Plantain · Sweet Violet +74
- DandelionTaraxacum
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas