The Pytchell (Community Orchard & 'The Quiet Place')
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.56206, -0.51683
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 460m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 460m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swallow, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Swallow, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Maltings Lanepublic footpath · 79 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 79 mPath type: footway
Gaudern's Lanepublic footpath · 55 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 55 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Church Walkpublic footpath · 324 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 324 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wakerly Woods Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Photos
Headstones in the churchyard. King's Cliffe
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
7,204 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,204 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Red-legged Partridge · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
🌿Plants94 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Bristly Oxtongue · Common Orache · Red Dead-nettle · Oil-seed Rape · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill +89
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Common OracheAtriplex patula
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,204 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Red-legged Partridge · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
🌿Plants94 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Bristly Oxtongue · Common Orache · Red Dead-nettle · Oil-seed Rape · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill +89
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Common OracheAtriplex patula
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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