Barnwell Country Park

One of our early morning fishermen catching their breakfast. #nenevalley #heron #naturelovers #barnwell

IF YOU MISSED THIS WEEK'S 'NATURALLY PLAYFUL' EVENT, DON'T WORRY ... COME TO Fermyn Woods Country Park NEXT WEEK ... See below poster for more details.

Thanks to everyone who came to our 'What Lurks Beneath? - Wild Wednesday' pond dipping event today. What a brilliant day! Quiz time ... look at the photos and see if you can you guess who is who ... can you spot the dragonfly nymph, the water scorpion and the diving beetle. Next 'Wild Wednesday' 29th August = 'Minibeast Hunt'.

Left from our Wombles day - waiting for collection in the Visitor's Centre.

'Wild Wednesday' 29th August - we look forward to hearing from you regarding this date - there are currently a few spaces left. Please leave us a message stating the time you would like, the number of children and adults in your group and a contact number. The nature of our work means that we are not always in the office but we will get back to you as soon as we can. Times requested are subject to availability on a first come, first serve basis. See below poster for more details. Thank you.

Our Wombles event today gets a BIG thumbs up from Wellington Womble. Thanks to everyone who came. We loved hunting for the Wombles around the park and then BEING Wombles by making good use of everyday things. We hope the birds love your feeders and that your painted pots give you many years of good use.

*Event update* The pond dipping sessions on Weds 15th August are now fully booked. If you have booked on and are no longer able to attend, please let us know so we can offer the spaces to someone else. Thank you.

Hi my name is Wellington Womble. Try to find me in the park today - 14th August! See below poster for more details. I look forward to seeing you!

The Wombles of Barnwell will be waiting for you tomorrow 14th August. We look forward to seeing to you! See below poster for more details.

Thanks to everyone who came to our fantastic 'Naturally Playful' event today at Barnwell. We had a great time ... the sun shone, the sky was blue and we loved all the natural things to do. Next 'Naturally Playful' event will be at Sywell Country Park Thursday 16th August. Don't forget Barnwell's Wombles event tomorrow 14th August. We look forward to seeing you.

Having a great time playing naturally. Temperature is perfect and the park looks beautiful. Look forward to seeing you for the afternoon session. See below poster for more details.

'Naturally Playful' today 13th August. £2 per child. See below poster for more details. Drop in and join us for some natural fun! We look forward to seeing you.

Don't forget our 'Naturally Playful' and 'Wombles of Barnwell' events this Monday and Tuesday. Drop in anytime during times stated on posters below. See below posters for more details. We look forward to seeing you there.

The calm after storm. #englishsummer #nenevalley #waterlily #bluesky

Come along and meet the Wood Green team who will be attending Barnwell Country Park with games and activities for owners, kids and pets alike. It's a chance to ask any questions you may have about Wood Green and how we can help, or about caring for your pet whether that be behavioural advice or general care and support

UNDER COVER IN THE SHELTER - FERMYN WOODS COUNTRY PARK IS HOSTING THE FOLLOWING EVENT TODAY 9TH ... All set up ready for our 'Beautiful Butterflies' event today at Fermyn Woods Country Park. See middle and bottom sections of the below poster for more details.

Don't forget our popular 'Naturally Playful' event Monday 13th August. £2 per child. See below poster and photos for more details. We look forward to seeing you there.

Thanks to everyone who came to our fantastic 'Wild Wednesday' today. We had a fab time looking for 'Beautiful Bugs and Butterflies'. We got some great catches and we loved hunting for the butterfly clues and identifying real ones too. Next 'Wild Wednesday' = pond dipping. See below poster for details.

An opportunity to learn about the night sky from our experts the Peterborough Astronomical Society. Gaze through high powered telescopes and view the planets and stars.
The evening starts at dusk and will last into the early hours of the morning. The price per adult is £3 and children under 16 are free. Places are limited and booking is advised. All money raised goes to Friends of Barnwell Country Park and are reinvested in the park.
For further details and to book, contact Claire Faulkner – 07951 128903 or clairemfaulkner@me.com

Very clean and tidy. The park is great for children of all ages and the smaller ones will love the sand pit. Parking is reasonable at £3 for the day. There is a cafe on site if you don't fancy taking a picnic. Space for your picnic blanket and a few tables to sit at. A great cheap day out of your on a budget. Only recommendation is "bins" or lack of.

This park is a lovely escape from busy oundle! The paths are easy to walk on and wheelchair friendly as myself and a friend met a nice old couple and the gentleman was in one! We took a picnic but next time going to try the cafe as looked very nice! Great spot and despite no bins(found one in the toilets!) it was very clean and looked after! Coming back soon! �

Such a lovely family day out. Clean, fab large park area. Take your own picnic, chairs etc. Lovely walks. Our kids and dog loved it �

One of the 6 parks of Northamptonshire, UK and definitely my favourite one! It is a beautiful small park - most days very peaceful and serene - and the walkways lead you partly along the river and between small lakes where you can sit on a bench and watch the birdlife like nesting swans and Canada geese and other.

Barnwell Park also has one of the best play grounds for children I have seen in a long time and these days also a coffee shop.

I used to go there almost every day for 15 years for dog walks and I still would if I could. For me it was as good as 'home' :) 10/10 ☆☆☆☆☆

Lovely park. Not too far to walk for the littler ones, fabulous play area and lovely clean Cafe over looking the water � best point was the visitor centre, so many things for the kids to do and read and loved the many worksheets the kids could take with them in their travels to help them look for and identify the array of local wildlife :-) will be back very soon.

Love this place, so nice to walk around and beautiful scenery. Kids also love the play park.

Would also like to say thank you to whoever found my daughters mobile phone and handed it in

Love this place!!!! So nice to just go and get lost in your own thoughts beautiful place and it’s an awesome place for the kids with a big adventure play ground and lots of annual events, would recommend this place everyone

Just wanted to say a big thank you to those that assisted me and my family yesterday following my 3 year olds fall from the top of the seesaw. Special mention as well to the Park Ranger on duty for providing medical assistance and calling for the ambulance. Was only my 2nd visit but we’ll definitely be back x

I love it here, always forget quite how beautiful it is, people seem to come from miles around. I do hope the parking money is kept by the park. Wildlife amazing so precious to the people of oundle and the dedicated benches prove the generations that have enjoyed it. Love it.

Had a lovely few hours at barnwell yesterday with the children I look after, lovely small natural play area near cafe, lovely cup of tea from there, children of all ages enjoyed big play area, made dens in the houses, crawled through the tunnel, enjoyed exploring the climbing bridges to get to slides, picnic lunch. Walk to feed ducks and swan, looked at leaves all changing colours in autumn as we walked around lake. Didn't do a pumpkin carving today in the visitor centre , all looked well planned out. �

Great value for money - £3 parking for an entire day and no entry fee. Fantastic day out for the family - lots of trails for the kids to run around, extensive adventure play area and a nice cafe.

Good paths and not big enough to get lost in. Excellent placing of bench seats to sit and enjoy the view. Overspill parking could be better signed. Very busy on the Sunday we visited (2 adults + dog) so we will come again during the week next time. Great cafe with decking overlooking lake. Dogs welcomed. Well worth a visit.

First visit yesterday with family, grandchildren & dog we all had a lovely time including the dog who loved the open space for a dog friendly run around. I can highly recommend the cafe, the food & coffee was very nice. I will definitely be visiting again

Beautiful place to spend time having a stroll. Great little cafe for refreshments to keep you going. BBQ facilities and lots of places to picnic too. Loved the hides for birdwatchers, though sadly it was busy so I think the noise kept a lot of them hidden, but we did see a heron. Highly recommend.

Beautiful park with great facilities. 🐶🦆🐿🐾

A great park for family's the walks are not to long for little people a park for kids to play around and a nice little cafe to get a hot drink or snack will be going again soon

It's a lovely quiet place to take the kids to play and take your dog for a walk but it doesn't take long to walk round so it's no an all day thing but still a lovely place

I find the only thing with this park is that u pay to park etc but can't find a bin for rubbish so it means u gave to take drink cans n sticky things back in ur car which is a real pain. We visit regularly but think bins should at least be in car park or picnic areas....

A very pleasing place to visit not to big to become a marathon, plenty of bird life to spot and at the right time of day, you can get some great water and sunsets photos. Remember £3 to Park the car. A cafe to get a drink. Lots of dog walkers and activities for children

Very clean and tidy. The park is great for children of all ages and the smaller ones will love the sand pit. Parking is reasonable at £3 for the day. There is a cafe on site if you don't fancy taking a picnic. Space for your picnic blanket and a few tables to sit at. A great cheap day out of your on a budget. Only recommendation is "bins" or lack of.

This park is a lovely escape from busy oundle! The paths are easy to walk on and wheelchair friendly as myself and a friend met a nice old couple and the gentleman was in one! We took a picnic but next time going to try the cafe as looked very nice! Great spot and despite no bins(found one in the toilets!) it was very clean and looked after! Coming back soon! �

Such a lovely family day out. Clean, fab large park area. Take your own picnic, chairs etc. Lovely walks. Our kids and dog loved it �

One of the 6 parks of Northamptonshire, UK and definitely my favourite one! It is a beautiful small park - most days very peaceful and serene - and the walkways lead you partly along the river and between small lakes where you can sit on a bench and watch the birdlife like nesting swans and Canada geese and other.

Barnwell Park also has one of the best play grounds for children I have seen in a long time and these days also a coffee shop.

I used to go there almost every day for 15 years for dog walks and I still would if I could. For me it was as good as 'home' :) 10/10 ☆☆☆☆☆

Lovely park. Not too far to walk for the littler ones, fabulous play area and lovely clean Cafe over looking the water � best point was the visitor centre, so many things for the kids to do and read and loved the many worksheets the kids could take with them in their travels to help them look for and identify the array of local wildlife :-) will be back very soon.

Love this place, so nice to walk around and beautiful scenery. Kids also love the play park.

Would also like to say thank you to whoever found my daughters mobile phone and handed it in

Love this place!!!! So nice to just go and get lost in your own thoughts beautiful place and it’s an awesome place for the kids with a big adventure play ground and lots of annual events, would recommend this place everyone

Just wanted to say a big thank you to those that assisted me and my family yesterday following my 3 year olds fall from the top of the seesaw. Special mention as well to the Park Ranger on duty for providing medical assistance and calling for the ambulance. Was only my 2nd visit but we’ll definitely be back x

I love it here, always forget quite how beautiful it is, people seem to come from miles around. I do hope the parking money is kept by the park. Wildlife amazing so precious to the people of oundle and the dedicated benches prove the generations that have enjoyed it. Love it.

Had a lovely few hours at barnwell yesterday with the children I look after, lovely small natural play area near cafe, lovely cup of tea from there, children of all ages enjoyed big play area, made dens in the houses, crawled through the tunnel, enjoyed exploring the climbing bridges to get to slides, picnic lunch. Walk to feed ducks and swan, looked at leaves all changing colours in autumn as we walked around lake. Didn't do a pumpkin carving today in the visitor centre , all looked well planned out. �

Great value for money - £3 parking for an entire day and no entry fee. Fantastic day out for the family - lots of trails for the kids to run around, extensive adventure play area and a nice cafe.

Good paths and not big enough to get lost in. Excellent placing of bench seats to sit and enjoy the view. Overspill parking could be better signed. Very busy on the Sunday we visited (2 adults + dog) so we will come again during the week next time. Great cafe with decking overlooking lake. Dogs welcomed. Well worth a visit.

First visit yesterday with family, grandchildren & dog we all had a lovely time including the dog who loved the open space for a dog friendly run around. I can highly recommend the cafe, the food & coffee was very nice. I will definitely be visiting again

Beautiful place to spend time having a stroll. Great little cafe for refreshments to keep you going. BBQ facilities and lots of places to picnic too. Loved the hides for birdwatchers, though sadly it was busy so I think the noise kept a lot of them hidden, but we did see a heron. Highly recommend.

Beautiful park with great facilities. 🐶🦆🐿🐾

A great park for family's the walks are not to long for little people a park for kids to play around and a nice little cafe to get a hot drink or snack will be going again soon

It's a lovely quiet place to take the kids to play and take your dog for a walk but it doesn't take long to walk round so it's no an all day thing but still a lovely place

I find the only thing with this park is that u pay to park etc but can't find a bin for rubbish so it means u gave to take drink cans n sticky things back in ur car which is a real pain. We visit regularly but think bins should at least be in car park or picnic areas....

A very pleasing place to visit not to big to become a marathon, plenty of bird life to spot and at the right time of day, you can get some great water and sunsets photos. Remember £3 to Park the car. A cafe to get a drink. Lots of dog walkers and activities for children

Very clean and tidy. The park is great for children of all ages and the smaller ones will love the sand pit. Parking is reasonable at £3 for the day. There is a cafe on site if you don't fancy taking a picnic. Space for your picnic blanket and a few tables to sit at. A great cheap day out of your on a budget. Only recommendation is "bins" or lack of.

This park is a lovely escape from busy oundle! The paths are easy to walk on and wheelchair friendly as myself and a friend met a nice old couple and the gentleman was in one! We took a picnic but next time going to try the cafe as looked very nice! Great spot and despite no bins(found one in the toilets!) it was very clean and looked after! Coming back soon! �

Such a lovely family day out. Clean, fab large park area. Take your own picnic, chairs etc. Lovely walks. Our kids and dog loved it �

One of the 6 parks of Northamptonshire, UK and definitely my favourite one! It is a beautiful small park - most days very peaceful and serene - and the walkways lead you partly along the river and between small lakes where you can sit on a bench and watch the birdlife like nesting swans and Canada geese and other.

Barnwell Park also has one of the best play grounds for children I have seen in a long time and these days also a coffee shop.

I used to go there almost every day for 15 years for dog walks and I still would if I could. For me it was as good as 'home' :) 10/10 ☆☆☆☆☆

Lovely park. Not too far to walk for the littler ones, fabulous play area and lovely clean Cafe over looking the water � best point was the visitor centre, so many things for the kids to do and read and loved the many worksheets the kids could take with them in their travels to help them look for and identify the array of local wildlife :-) will be back very soon.

Love this place, so nice to walk around and beautiful scenery. Kids also love the play park.

Would also like to say thank you to whoever found my daughters mobile phone and handed it in

Love this place!!!! So nice to just go and get lost in your own thoughts beautiful place and it’s an awesome place for the kids with a big adventure play ground and lots of annual events, would recommend this place everyone

Just wanted to say a big thank you to those that assisted me and my family yesterday following my 3 year olds fall from the top of the seesaw. Special mention as well to the Park Ranger on duty for providing medical assistance and calling for the ambulance. Was only my 2nd visit but we’ll definitely be back x

I love it here, always forget quite how beautiful it is, people seem to come from miles around. I do hope the parking money is kept by the park. Wildlife amazing so precious to the people of oundle and the dedicated benches prove the generations that have enjoyed it. Love it.

Had a lovely few hours at barnwell yesterday with the children I look after, lovely small natural play area near cafe, lovely cup of tea from there, children of all ages enjoyed big play area, made dens in the houses, crawled through the tunnel, enjoyed exploring the climbing bridges to get to slides, picnic lunch. Walk to feed ducks and swan, looked at leaves all changing colours in autumn as we walked around lake. Didn't do a pumpkin carving today in the visitor centre , all looked well planned out. �

Great value for money - £3 parking for an entire day and no entry fee. Fantastic day out for the family - lots of trails for the kids to run around, extensive adventure play area and a nice cafe.

Good paths and not big enough to get lost in. Excellent placing of bench seats to sit and enjoy the view. Overspill parking could be better signed. Very busy on the Sunday we visited (2 adults + dog) so we will come again during the week next time. Great cafe with decking overlooking lake. Dogs welcomed. Well worth a visit.

First visit yesterday with family, grandchildren & dog we all had a lovely time including the dog who loved the open space for a dog friendly run around. I can highly recommend the cafe, the food & coffee was very nice. I will definitely be visiting again

Beautiful place to spend time having a stroll. Great little cafe for refreshments to keep you going. BBQ facilities and lots of places to picnic too. Loved the hides for birdwatchers, though sadly it was busy so I think the noise kept a lot of them hidden, but we did see a heron. Highly recommend.

Beautiful park with great facilities. 🐶🦆🐿🐾

A great park for family's the walks are not to long for little people a park for kids to play around and a nice little cafe to get a hot drink or snack will be going again soon

It's a lovely quiet place to take the kids to play and take your dog for a walk but it doesn't take long to walk round so it's no an all day thing but still a lovely place

I find the only thing with this park is that u pay to park etc but can't find a bin for rubbish so it means u gave to take drink cans n sticky things back in ur car which is a real pain. We visit regularly but think bins should at least be in car park or picnic areas....

A very pleasing place to visit not to big to become a marathon, plenty of bird life to spot and at the right time of day, you can get some great water and sunsets photos. Remember £3 to Park the car. A cafe to get a drink. Lots of dog walkers and activities for children