Thorpe End Iron Age, Saxon and Medieval settlement
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.33921, -0.53691
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Nook Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Nook Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +49 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +49 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Eristalis pertinax +134 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Three Shires WayWalking route79 km▾
49 mile route liking the Swan's Way to the Grafham Water circular walk, which it now incorporates, made up largely of bridleways.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
East Northamptonshire GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,791 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,791 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackcap · Meadow Pipit · Grey Wagtail · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Swallow +3
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Eristalis tenax · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Sphaerophoria scripta · 7-spot Ladybird +80
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Prickly Sow-thistle · Black Nightshade · Autumn Hawkbit · Blackthorn · Yorkshire-fog +48
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Fat-henChenopodium album
- White BryonyBryonia dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,791 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackcap · Meadow Pipit · Grey Wagtail · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Swallow +3
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Eristalis tenax · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Sphaerophoria scripta · 7-spot Ladybird +80
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Prickly Sow-thistle · Black Nightshade · Autumn Hawkbit · Blackthorn · Yorkshire-fog +48
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Fat-henChenopodium album
- White BryonyBryonia dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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