Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.27836, 1.07069
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🧺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
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🧺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
🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +50 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Red Fox, Rabbit +11 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Box Bug +13 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Black TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
Coopers Lanepublic footpath · 71 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 71 mSurface compactedPath type: footway
Biggleswade Passagepublic footpath · 154 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 154 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
210 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 183Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 183National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Great Stour WayCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Photos
Play area beside the Great Stour
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Wildlife to spot
20,226 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,226 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Song Thrush · Mistle Thrush +8
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Rabbit · Wood Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox +4
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Mountain HareLepus timidus
- BadgerMeles meles
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,226 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Song Thrush · Mistle Thrush +8
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Rabbit · Wood Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox +4
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Mountain HareLepus timidus
- BadgerMeles meles
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas