Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome97 ha
Getting here
52.31487, -1.12339
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Eristalis tenax, Eristalis arbustorum +20 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Feather-moss, Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme, Capillary Thread-moss +119 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route785 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 785 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route167 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 167 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.8 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 4.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,426 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,426 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds3 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Swallow · Pheasant · Black-headed Gull
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Vine Weevil
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Elder · Dandelion · Creeping Thistle · Ash · Spear Thistle +97
- ElderSambucus nigra
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- CleaversGalium aparine
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,426 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds3 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Swallow · Pheasant · Black-headed Gull
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Vine Weevil
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Elder · Dandelion · Creeping Thistle · Ash · Spear Thistle +97
- ElderSambucus nigra
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- CleaversGalium aparine
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Nettle
Common Nettle
Urtica dioica
Urtica dioica
Greater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaPolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum aviculareHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusWelted ThistleCarduus crispusWelted ThistleCarduus crispusCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraDogwoodCornus sanguineaDogwoodCornus sanguineaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2024Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Field MapleAcer campestre2024Field MapleAcer campestre2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024Water MintMentha aquatica2024Water MintMentha aquatica2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024GypsywortLycopus europaeus2024GypsywortLycopus europaeus2024HogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumBulrushTypha latifoliaBulrushTypha latifoliaGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusBranched Bur-reedSparganium erectumBranched Bur-reedSparganium erectumSwine-cressLepidium coronopusSwine-cressLepidium coronopusField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWinter-CressBarbareaWinter-CressBarbareaFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaElmUlmusElmUlmusHoary RagwortJacobaea erucifoliaHoary RagwortJacobaea erucifoliaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaHopHumulus lupulusHopHumulus lupulusFat-henChenopodium album2024Fat-henChenopodium album2024DactylisDactylis2024DactylisDactylis2024Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2024Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2024Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Common DuckweedLemna minor2024Common DuckweedLemna minor2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2024Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024HemlockConium maculatum2024HemlockConium maculatum2024Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2024Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2024Great LettuceLactuca virosa2024Great LettuceLactuca virosa2024Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2024Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2024Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2024Black BryonyTamus communis2024Black BryonyTamus communis2024Events & activities nearby
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