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🛝 Family🦅 Birds🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Getting here
51.86403, -0.42458
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Carrion Crow ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Stockwood Park Golf Club — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Carrion Crow ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Stockwood Park Golf Club — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Carrion Crow, Magpie +61 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Rock Dove, Carrion Crow, Magpie +61 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Cream-spot Ladybird +58 more · last seen 2025; Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Chiltern Way Walking route 275 km ▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named route Ref CW Length 275 km Regional walking route
Show on map Lea Valley Walk (link to Leagrave Station) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Lea Valley Walk (link to Luton Parkway station) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Ver Valley Walk 2 Walking route ▾
The Upper Ver Valley
Named route Ref Ver2 Local walking route
Show on map Ver Valley Walk 3 Walking route ▾
The Winterbourne Walk
Named route Ref Ver3 Local walking route
Show on map 70 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 606 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 606 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 57 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 57 National Cycle Network
Show on map Recreational Cycle Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Local circular? cycle route
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Chilterns Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Ride on the wild side Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 National Cycle Network
Show on map Photos Entrance to the Discovery Centre, Stockwood Park
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Weather for this location Next 14 days Nearby places Useful places within 5 km
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Wildlife to spot
5,830 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,830 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Rock Dove · Pied Wagtail · Magpie · Little Egret · Herring Gull +39
Rock Dove Columba livia Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Magpie Pica pica Little Egret Egretta garzetta Herring Gull Larus argentatus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus House Martin Delichon urbicum Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Swift Apus apus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Coal Tit Periparus ater Swallow Hirundo rustica Robin Erithacus rubecula Stock Dove Columba oenas Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Jay Garrulus glandarius Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Tit Parus major Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Rook Corvus frugilegus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Common Pipistrelle · Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. · Grey Squirrel · Noctule
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Noctule Nyctalus noctula 🐝 Insects 5 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Clogmia albipunctata · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Campyloneura virgula
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Campyloneura virgula Campyloneura virgula 🌿 Plants 11 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Groundsel · Common Field-speedwell · Lady's Bedstraw · Greater Knapweed · Hoary Plantain +6
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum2025 Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa2025 Hoary Plantain Plantago media2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,830 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Rock Dove · Pied Wagtail · Magpie · Little Egret · Herring Gull +39
Rock Dove Columba livia Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Magpie Pica pica Little Egret Egretta garzetta Herring Gull Larus argentatus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus House Martin Delichon urbicum Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Swift Apus apus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Coal Tit Periparus ater Swallow Hirundo rustica Robin Erithacus rubecula Stock Dove Columba oenas Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Jay Garrulus glandarius Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Tit Parus major Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Rook Corvus frugilegus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Common Pipistrelle · Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. · Grey Squirrel · Noctule
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Noctule Nyctalus noctula 🐝 Insects 5 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Clogmia albipunctata · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Campyloneura virgula
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Campyloneura virgula Campyloneura virgula 🌿 Plants 11 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Groundsel · Common Field-speedwell · Lady's Bedstraw · Greater Knapweed · Hoary Plantain +6
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum2025 Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa2025 Hoary Plantain Plantago media2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Butterfly-bush
Butterfly-bush
Buddleja davidii2025
Buddleja davidii2025
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica2025
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica2025
Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus2025
Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus2025
Wayfaring-tree Viburnum lantana2025
Wayfaring-tree Viburnum lantana2025
Dark Mullein Verbascum nigrum2024
Dark Mullein Verbascum nigrum2024
Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare2024
Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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