Myriad habitats can be found at Paxton Pits Nature Reserve, with beautiful lakes, riverside, meadow, reedbed, scrub and woodland. The visitor centre offers refreshments, facilities and friendly expertise.

Kingfishers and nightingales are a common sight and overwintering wildfowl visit during the colder months. In spring and summer, wildflowers, dragonflies, damselflies and butterflies create a vibrant environment.

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Elevation 20 m

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Tuesday 5 May

12°C

6°C

34 %

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Max wind speed: 20.0 km/h

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Location: Great Paxton, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, East Of England, England, United Kingdom

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Paxton Pits Nature Reserve

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Ouse Valley Way – Paxton Pits Nature Reserve loop from Little Paxton

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