Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.95400, 0.33938
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🦌20+ species of mammals recorded in the area — Otter and American Mink are among those seen
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🦌20+ species of mammals recorded in the area — Otter and American Mink are among those seen
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Otter, American Mink, Hedgehog +17 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Swift, Chiffchaff, Tawny Owl +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Elder, Hogweed, Meadowsweet +11 more foraging species
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Common Blue +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Rosebay Willowherb, Ribwort Plantain, Common Knapweed +121 more · last seen 2017
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 29 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
London to Walsingham - stage 03Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW03Local walking route
Turpin's Trail 1Walking route▾
Third of three linked circular walks around the birthplace of Dick Turpin, Highwayman
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Turpin's Trail 3Walking route▾
Third of three linked circular walks around the birthplace of Dick Turpin, Highwayman
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Turpin's Trail 2Walking route▾
Second of three linked circular walks around the birthplace of Dick Turpin, Highwayman
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Vicarage Meadpublic footpath · 29 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 29 mPath type: residential
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
5,935 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,935 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Robin · Yellow Wagtail · Woodpigeon · Pied Wagtail +28
- SwiftApus apus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
🦌Mammals10 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Otter · American Mink · Fallow Deer · Red Fox · Polecat +5
- OtterLutra lutra2023
- American MinkNeovison vison2022
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- PolecatMustela putorius
Box Tree Moth · Leopard Moth · Harlequin Ladybird · Voria ruralis · Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Leopard MothZeuzera pyrina
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Voria ruralisVoria ruralis2020
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,935 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Robin · Yellow Wagtail · Woodpigeon · Pied Wagtail +28
- SwiftApus apus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
🦌Mammals10 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Otter · American Mink · Fallow Deer · Red Fox · Polecat +5
- OtterLutra lutra2023
- American MinkNeovison vison2022
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- PolecatMustela putorius
Box Tree Moth · Leopard Moth · Harlequin Ladybird · Voria ruralis · Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Leopard MothZeuzera pyrina
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Voria ruralisVoria ruralis2020
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas