Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
51.89346, -0.41910
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 261m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Jackdaw
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 261m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +53 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Magpie, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +53 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 6
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Lea Valley Walk (link to Leagrave Station)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lea Valley Walk (link to Luton Parkway station)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
John Bunyan TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 606Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 606National Cycle Network
Recreational Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Local circular? cycle route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Ride on the wild sideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
Photos
Wardown Park in autumn raiment
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
64,957 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
64,957 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +34
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Winter Aconite · Stinking Hellebore · Siberian Squill · Groundsel · Common Field-speedwell +4
- Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
- Siberian SquillScilla siberica
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
- Green Alkanet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
64,957 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +34
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Winter Aconite · Stinking Hellebore · Siberian Squill · Groundsel · Common Field-speedwell +4
- Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
- Siberian SquillScilla siberica
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
- Green Alkanet
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pentaglottis sempervirens
Pentaglottis sempervirens
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