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We are delighted to announce that Harrold-Odell Country Park has been given the 2026/27 Green Flag Award. This is the 19th year in a row that we have met the standards against which we are judged. The Friends of Harrold-Odell Country Park are full of skilled, dedicated and special volunteers who turn up week in and week out to make this park welcoming, safe, clean and full of wonders! Well done everyone!
Otters arrive at Harrold-Odell Country Park
WILDLIFE NEWS
A visit in summer 2022 by the Bedfordshire Invertebrate Group to HOCP found a willow-feeding species of sawfly, Arge enodis, which is the first British record since 1970 and never recorded before in Bedfordshire. In the 2022 sawfly status review this species had just been declared extinct in Britain.
There are images on the following web site: Arge enodis (Linnaeus, 1767) - Sawflies
Opening Hours
The Park is open to visitors 365 days a year. This also applies to the main car park but not to the overspill car park which closes at 5:00pm each day.
For details of the Dragonfly café opening hours, please click here.
The Park is owned and managed by Bedford Borough Council. The Friends of Harrold-Odell Country Park work in partnership with Council staff and run this web site.
Emergencies should be reported to the staff or direct to the appropriate emergency service.
