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Walks in & Around Potton guided walks suitable for everyone. for suitable walks guided follow a map. a follow provide walk descriptions and maps for this area. area. this for maps and descriptions walk provide Explore Potton’s history and wildlife with four four with wildlife and history Potton’s Explore wear correct footwear footwear correct wear www.letsgo.org.uk www.letsgo.org.uk and www.walkinginbeds.co.uk Both stay on the footpaths/bridleways the on stay take a bottle of water of bottle a take inside Stay safe... Stay Map e [email protected] t 682728 01767 and a variety of skippers. of variety a and w www.sandy-bedfordshire.co.uk/sandy_tic.html www.sandy-bedfordshire.co.uk/sandy_tic.html include ringlet, gatekeeper gatekeeper ringlet, include Rear of 10 Cambridge Road, Sandy SG19 1JE 1JE SG19 Sandy Road, Cambridge 10 of Rear species you might see see might you species to Carthagena Road. Other Other Road. 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Open all year. year. all Open gardens. formal and heathland woodland, feeding areas around The Hollow Hollow The around areas feeding RSPB The Lodge The RSPB has a choice of trails through through trails of choice a has fl ying from their roosts in town towards towards town in roosts their from ying fl Other walks to enjoy to walks Other bats (mainly pipistrelles) can be seen at dusk dusk at seen be can pipistrelles) (mainly bats around the town. Through the warmer months, months, warmer the Through town. the around barking of muntjac deer or foxes in and and in foxes or deer muntjac of barking [email protected] e: It’s not uncommon to hear the night-time night-time the hear to uncommon not It’s SG19 2QS SG19 Mammals Potton, Bedfordshire Potton, town host skylarks and yellowhammers. and skylarks host town Brook End Brook warblers, while the horse paddocks and fi elds around around elds fi and paddocks horse the while warblers, The Community Centre Community The to hear song birds such as whitethroats and garden garden and whitethroats as such birds song hear to Potton Town Council Council Town Potton Scrubby areas of Pegnut Wood are an excellent place place excellent an are Wood Pegnut of areas Scrubby Potton overhead. insects and swallows hunting hobby occasional You can also contact the council at: council the contact also can You late spring and summer at dusk. You may also see the the see also may You dusk. at summer and spring late seen and heard screaming around the Market Square in in Square Market the around screaming heard and seen www.pottontowncouncil.co.uk Potton has a good population of swifts, which can be be can which swifts, of population good a has Potton its history, community groups and events, visit visit events, and groups community history, its & around & If you would like to fi nd out more about Potton and and Potton about more out nd fi to like would you If Birds Birds things are... things Walks in in Walks Want to know more? know to Want Where the wild wild the Where A brief history of Potton Potton is an ancient market town, with a population In 1783 a great fi re swept through Potton destroying number of inns and public houses that were in the of approximately 5,000 people. Its written history 50 houses (mostly on King Street) and half of the town. 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The these on Everton Road and Byards Green. are also many community living here. living There is an active town council who guide decisions decisions guide who council town active an is There line was closed on 30 December 1967 groups, events and activities but Potton Station, built in 1862, still stands people 100 based in and around Potton, and around around and businesses providing local employment. employment. local providing businesses on Sandy Road and is now a private house. In medieval times Potton was one of the three most such as the biennial Party On Abbey. At that time there were 18 households households 18 were there time that At Abbey. important small townswith in theSquare countyMarket andthe wasshare largershops in sizelocal Busy Potton celebrations. mentioned in a document granting land to Ramsey Ramsey to land granting document a in mentioned buildings here, some dating from before the fi re.
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