🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.22915, 0.11552
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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
69,484 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
69,484 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Starling +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- 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
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- 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
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
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 · Green Alkanet · Common Stork's-bill · Slender Speedwell · Bulbous Buttercup +1
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
69,484 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Starling +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- 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
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- 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
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
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 · Green Alkanet · Common Stork's-bill · Slender Speedwell · Bulbous Buttercup +1
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dolycoris baccarum
Dolycoris baccarum
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria