Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome115 ha
Getting here
52.32116, -1.11916
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- 🐕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
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- 🐕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 — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Eristalis tenax, Eristalis pertinax +23 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Feather-moss, Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme, Capillary Thread-moss +83 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
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
13 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 route4.8 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 4.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route49 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Pulpit Bridge on the Jurassic Way, N of Watford, Northants
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
6,600 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,600 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Black-headed Gull
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Vine Weevil
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Spear Thistle · Elder · Common Ragwort · Creeping Thistle · Ground-ivy +95
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
- ElderSambucus nigra2024
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
- AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,600 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Black-headed Gull
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Vine Weevil
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Spear Thistle · Elder · Common Ragwort · Creeping Thistle · Ground-ivy +95
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
- ElderSambucus nigra2024
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
- AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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