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Getting here
50.90653, -3.46538
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 211m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 211m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Allodia ornaticollis, Mycetophila autumnalis, Brevicornu sericoma +111 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Annual Beard-grass, Giant Hogweed, Buck's-horn Plantain +3 more · last seen 2024
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Counties WayWalking route90 km▾
A long distance walk of 56 miles (90km) from Taunton to Starcross on the Exe estuary.
Named routeRef TCWLength 90 kmRegional walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
Swan's NeckWalking route▾
Named routeRef SN
Impey WalkWalking route▾
Tiverton Tree TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTTLocal walking route
Gornhay Orchardpublic footpath · 53 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 53 mPath type: residential
39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
UK:National Cycle Network - west boundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3National Cycle Network
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface blocks
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route409 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 409 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Chapel of Blundell's School
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Wildlife to spot
28,505 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,505 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
winterspring
2026▾
Rock Dove · Redwing · Swift · Jackdaw · Herring Gull +46
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Platycheirus · Harlequin Ladybird · Donacia vulgaris · Summer Chafer · Hawthorn Shieldbug +5
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Donacia vulgarisDonacia vulgaris
- Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Cuckoo-Spit Insect
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,505 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
winterspring
2026▾
Rock Dove · Redwing · Swift · Jackdaw · Herring Gull +46
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Platycheirus · Harlequin Ladybird · Donacia vulgaris · Summer Chafer · Hawthorn Shieldbug +5
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Donacia vulgarisDonacia vulgaris
- Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Cuckoo-Spit Insect
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Philaenus spumarius
Philaenus spumarius
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatusJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatusMycetophila pictulaMycetophila pictula2024Mycetophila pictulaMycetophila pictula2024