Start:  Paxton Pits Nature Reserve, Little Paxton at 10am.

Phone: 01223 233931

Postcode: PE19 6ET

GR: TL 196 629

Directions: Take the A428 from Cambridge towards St Neots. Turn right at roundabout for St Neots on B1428  and continue down through the new housing estate.  Under the railway bridge, turn right  signed ‘The Paxtons’.  At the crossroads  (double roundabout), go straight ahead for Little Paxton.  At T-junction with traffic lights, turn right for Lt Paxton.  Continue to next T-junction and turn right, signed The North, P’Boro, Nature Reserve.  Take second right into Little Paxton Lane, continuing past the church and pub to the car park at Paxton Pits Reserve.

Toilets at Visitor Centre.

The walk is about 7 miles in the morning and about 5 in the afternoon, through the reserve with the chance of hearing nightingales, on to Dinnington and Offord D’Arcy for lunch at the Horseshoe.  We return along the River Ouse.

Lunch can be ordered before the walk – good food including jacket potatoes and sandwiches served with chips and salad. For details see www.the offordshoe.co.uk

Benches for picnickers on the Millennium Green.

Mobile on the day: 07975 879 549

Please note: This walk is not suitable for dogs. There are ground nesting birds and the walk crosses a field with large herd of cows with young calves.