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Accessible Wildlife Sites

The sites listed below have within their Management Plan aspects to benefit wildlife and also have free public access (which in some cases is short-term, permissive or restricted). You are encouraged to record the wildlife on these sites and submit your records to the County Recorders.

Clicking on a site's name below will provide a map and more details about it...

Disclaimers: No rights of access are hereby granted. Access to sites may expire or be rescinded.
Visitors to sites must abide by any access conditions indicated by landowners or managers. Boundaries are approximate.
The information has been made available to the BNHS by the BRMC in association with the Greensand Trust.
While every effort has been made to ensure details are correct there may be inaccuracies within the information presented. If you find any issues please report them to the BRMC.

Boundaries have been created using Ordnance Survey Maps under Bedfordshire County Council licence.
© Crown copyright. All rights reserved (licence 100017358) (2007)

Site Name Centre Access Situation
Addison Howard Park, KempstonTL035482Open access
Ampthill Park AmenityTL027382Open access
Ampthill Park ManagedTL027384Open access
Arlesey Bridge MeadowsTL188380Permissive access (expires 2007)
Arlesey Old MoatTL189372Open access
Aspley Heath SandpitSP927347Open access
Aspley WoodSP939348Access agreement with Bedfordshire County Council and the Greensand Trust
Barton Gravel PitTL098300Open access
Barton HillsTL085297Open access
Barton QuarryTL078297Access through the CRoW Act
Baulk Wood, HenlowTL177398Open access
Bedford ParkTL052510Open access
Begwary BrookTL169562Open access
Bellcote Meadow, SheffordTL149392Open access
Berry Wood ComplexTL010440Open Access
Biddenham Loop Country ParkTL011496Open access
Biggleswade CommonTL187463Registered Common
Blow's DownTL032215Open access
Blue Waters PlantationTL010241Open access
Bluebell Wood, LinsladeSP907261Open access
Blunham Railway TrackTL127506Open access
Bradger's HillTL097242Open access
Bramingham WoodTL068258Open access
Bramingham Wood GrasslandTL069258Open access
Brogborough Picnic SiteSP965386Open access
Bromham LakeTL027514Open access
Bromham MillTL010507Open access
Brown's WoodTL022545Open access
Bunker's HillTL195483Access on marked trails only - none yet
Buttons Ramsey Community WoodlandTL004468Permissive access
Campton PlantationTL129389Open access
Carts Farm Trust, GravenhurstTL120361Permissive access (expires 2013)
Castle Close, SharnbrookSP988594Open access
Castle Croft and Bluebell WoodTL072206Open access
Centenary WoodTL060348Open access
Chews Charity Farm, DunstableTL000231Permissive access (expires 2012)
Chicksands AccessTL130390Permissive access (expires 2011)
Circus Meadow, BedfordTL059493Open access
Clapham Park woodlandsTL045529Open access
Clifton Bury FarmTL171407Permissive access (expires Sept 2009)
College Farm WoodlandsTL075614Permissive access
College WoodTL142469Open access
Conquest WoodTL050415Permissive access
Cooper's HillTL025377Open access
Cople Pits NRTL102491Open access
Cottage Bottom FieldsTL039206Open access
Cowslip MeadowTL082246Open access
Cox HillTL179494Permissive access
Cranfield Millennium ParkSP949414Open access
Crow Hill Farm, WildenTL082551Permissive access (expires 2013)
Cut-throat Meadow NRTL039381Open access
Daisy Bank Picnic SiteSP976573Open access
Dallow DownsTL068212Open access
Deacon HillTL127297Permissive access (expires 2011)
Dog Field, CopleTL101490Open access
Dog Kennel DownTL016228Open access
Dropshort MarshTL002276Open access
Drover's Spinney, SheffordTL144389Permissive access
Duck End NRTL050374Open access
Dunstable DownsTL006203Open access
Etonbury WoodTL203368Permissive access
FallowfieldTL080240Open access
Fancott Woods and MeadowsTL025275Open access
Felmersham Gravel PitsSP991585Open access
Fenlake MeadowsTL067488Open access
Flitton MoorTL055359Open access
Flitwick ManorTL030340Permissive access
Flitwick Moor NRTL048352Open access
Flitwick Wood LNRTL023347Open access
Galley and Warden HillsTL090262Open access
Gannock's Castle, TempsfordTL160529Open access
Glebe Meadows, ArleseyTL189376Open access
Gulliver's SpinneySP983614Open access
Harrold Odell Country ParkSP960569Open access
Hatch PlantationTL159481Open access
Hay Wood, LutonTL102243Open access
Heath Wood MeadowSP912273Open access
Heath Wood, Leighton BuzzardSP912274Open access
Henlow Common and Langford MeadowsTL182407Open access
Hill RiseTL047510Open access
Hillgrounds, KempstonTL026483Open access
Houghton Hall ParkTL024235Open access
Jubilee Park, BedfordTL064482Open access
Judge's SpinneyTL018541Open access
Kempston WoodSP995470Open access
Kidney WoodTL093192Permissive access
King's Wood and Glebe Meadows, Houghton ConquestTL045401Open access
King's Wood, Heath and ReachSP923295Permissive access
Knocking HoeTL131307Access through the CRoW Act
Knolls WoodSP919269Open access
Lancot MeadowTL003217Open access
Leagrave MarshTL060249Open access
Lidlington Community WoodlandSP993393Permissive access?
Limbury MeadsTL066243Open access
Linslade Community WoodlandSP903260Access as long as scheme lasts
Longholm Island and Mill Meadows, BedfordTL058493Open access
Markham Hills and MoleskinTL063293Open access
Marston ThriftSP973418Open access
Marston Vale Millennium Country Park (Free Access)TL006417Permissive access
Maulden Church Meadows SSSITL059382Open access
Maulden WoodTL070387Open access
Mill Meadows, ArleseyTL188362Permissive access (expires 2013)
Mill Meadows, SandyTL174486Permissive access (expires 2013)
Milton Ernest AccessTL021562Permissive access (expires 2011)
Mowsbury HillTL066532Open access
Mowsbury ParkTL064525Open access
Oakley Open AreaTL004528Permissive access (expires 2012)
Old and New Wavendon HeathsSP930345Access agreement with Bedfordshire County Council and the Greensand Trust
Old Road Meadow, MeppershallTL144366Open access
Old Warden TunnelTL111448Open access
Osier Bed PlantationTL089488Permissive access
Ouzel Water MeadowsSP919261Open access
Park Farm, TebworthSP978265Permissive access (expires 2013)
Parkwood LNRTL047520Open access
Pavenham BurySP991556Open access
Pavenham Osier BedsSP990551Open access
Pegsdon HillsTL120296Open access
People's ParkTL092224Open access
Picts Hill Estate WoodlandSP975523Permissive access
Pinchmill IslandsSP995584Access agreement
Plaiters Way, Houghton RegisTL013242Open access
Plummer's CopseTL097414Open access
Polehanger Farm WoodlandsTL135379Permissive access
Poors Land, Heath and ReachSP919281Permissive access (expires 2009)
Potton WoodTL252500Open access
Priory Country ParkTL075496Open access
Pussy Pond and The Mound, FlitwickTL037356Open access
Putnoe WoodTL067526Open access
Ravensden MeadowTL077541Permissive access until April 2016
Rectory Wood, Strawberry HillSP970421Permissive access
Rectory Wood, Tartlett's CloseSP960418Permissive access
Rectory Wood, Thrift WaySP966416Permissive access
Reynold and Holcot WoodsSP957396Open access
Ridgeway WoodTL014464Permissive access
Riverside WalkTL087235Open access
Rowney WarrenTL119408Permissive access
Rushymeade, PulloxhillTL064337Open access
Russell Park and The Embankment, BedfordTL060495Open access
Salem ThriftSP991515Permissive access
SallowspringsTL007184Open access
Sandhouse PitSP936297Permissive access
Sandy Heath QuarryTL201492Access on marked trails only
Sewell CuttingSP999227Open access
Sharnbrook SummitSP966626Open access
Sharpenhoe ClappersTL069297Open access
Shocott SpringTL079453Permissive access
Slaughter's Wood Green LaneTL118228Permissive access
Smithcombe HillsTL072293Open access
Spanoak WoodTL066674Open access
Stafford Bridge Meadows, OakleyTL006546Permissive access (expires 2013)
Stanford WoodTL160406Permissive access
Stevington Country WalkSP987523Open access
Stockgrove Country ParkSP916291Open access
Stockingstone Hill, LutonTL093230Open access
Stockwell Farm WoodlandsSP956261Permissive access
Stockwood ParkTL085194Open access
Stone Lane Community WoodlandSP926289Permissive access
Stopsley CommonTL102242Open access
Stratton Farm WoodlandsTL216430Permissive access
Studham CommonTL025157Open access
Sundon Hills Country ParkTL053289Open access
Sundon Landfill SiteTL039282Access through the CRoW Act
Sundon QuarryTL040271Access through the CRoW Act
Swineshead WoodTL060668Open access
Swiss Garden WoodlandTL147447Open access, on marked paths
The KillTL007464Permissive access
The Lodge, SandyTL190480Access on marked trails only
The PinnacleTL179491Open access
The RiddyTL167486Open access
Tiddenfoot Waterside ParkSP914237Open access
Totternhoe Car ParkSP986217Open access
Totternhoe Chalk QuarrySP986224Open access
Totternhoe KnollsSP980220Open access
Van Diemen's LandTL019455Permissive access
Wardown ParkTL088226Open access
Warren VillasTL181473Open access
Water EndTL103476Open access
Wavendon Heath PondsSP931337Access agreement with Bedfordshire County Council and the Greensand Trust
West WoodSP993625Open access
Whipsnade DownsTL001188Open access
Whipsnade GreenTL007177Open access
Whipsnade HeathTL018180Open access
Whipsnade Tree CathedralTL008181Open access
Wigmore ParkTL125218Thought to be public open space
Wiles WoodTL016460Permissive access
Wilstead WoodTL071425Permissive access
Woodland between Tingrith and M1TL011323Permissive access
Woodland in Moggerhanger ParkTL133485Permissive access
Woodland to north-west of Faldo Farm, BartonTL070321Permissive access
Woodland to the north of PottonTL227502Permissive access
Wymington MeadowSP959632Open access
Yelnow New WoodSP972591Open access

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