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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.08752, -0.71322
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 142m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 142m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Meadow Pipit +80 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Meadow Pipit +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Dandelion, Common Nettle, Red Dead-nettle
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal 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
55 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
MK Redway Super Route V10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V10Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H6Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H5Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H4Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route Railway WalkCycling route▾
Named routeRef RWLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
23,345 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,345 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Canada Goose · Bittern +35
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Migrant Hawker · Banded Demoiselle · Brown Hawker · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly +6
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Dandelion · Lords-and-Ladies · Holly · Common Nettle · Ivy +4
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- IvyHedera helix
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,345 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Canada Goose · Bittern +35
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Migrant Hawker · Banded Demoiselle · Brown Hawker · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly +6
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Dandelion · Lords-and-Ladies · Holly · Common Nettle · Ivy +4
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- IvyHedera helix
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Dead-nettle
Red Dead-nettle
Lamium purpureum
Lamium purpureum
CleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparine