Ouse Valley Way – Nene Wetlands Visitor Centre loop from Little Paxton

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Ouse Valley Way – Nene Wetlands Visitor Centre loop from Little Paxton

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Ouse Valley Way – Nene Wetlands Visitor Centre loop from Little Paxton

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3.08km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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584 m

Haydon Hive Bird Hide at Paxton Pits

Highlight • Lake

Haydon Hive overlooks the southern end of Heronry South Lake. From here you can se the Cormorants roosting in the trees on the opposite bank.

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719 m

View of Heronry South Lake, Paxton Pits

Highlight • Lake

View of the lake from great vantage point on the east side looking westward.

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839 m

Nightingale Grassland

Highlight • Forest

This area of rough grassland interspersed with Hawthorn and Dog Rose bushes provides ideal feeding and nesting areas for Nightingales. Between the end of April and the beginning of June male Nightingales sing to attract a mate.

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1.09 km

Kingfisher Hide

Highlight • Lake

Off the main track to the left you take a narrow wooden walkway out to the hide which has great views over Heronry South Lake as well as Heronry North Lake.

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1.40 km

The Old Forest

Highlight • River

This is where the original farm stood: you can
still see its foundations in the short grass. It was abandoned during the early 1960s when most of the farm became …

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1.48 km

Ouse Valley Way

Highlight • River

Here the Heron Trail follows the Ouse Valley Way.

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2.87 km

Reed Pond

Highlight • Lake

Here there are beds of reeds up to 2m high which are especially important for birds.

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2.96 km

Nene Wetlands Visitor Centre

Highlight • Cafe

Great visitor's centre with public toilets, outside and inside seating areas, small second-hand book shop and very reasonably priced cafe.

Friendly staff.

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3.08 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.68 km

208 m

171 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.93 km