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Thornton deserted medieval village
✦ Ancient woodland7 ha
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.14955, -1.60148
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Best for
6 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Kestrel, Swallow +20 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Historic site with public access
Birds — Blackbird, Kestrel, Swallow +20 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Gatekeeper +54 more · last seen 2025
Dogs allowed with public access
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Stratford-IlmingtonCycling route▾
Named routeRef SILocal cycle route
Warwick-Leamington-WellesbourneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route9.2 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 9.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Compton Verney mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Ettington - Thornton deserted medieval village - 20210131165534
Photos
Ettington - Thornton deserted medieval village - 20210131165534
Visiting this spring
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
✦ Ancient✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,125 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,125 records · NBN AtlasBlackbird · Kestrel · Swallow · Swift · Collared Dove
+18 more speciesHide species list
All 23 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025Common Lizard · Grass Snake
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Gatekeeper · Small White · Ringlet
+52 more speciesHide species list
All 57 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,125 records · NBN AtlasBlackbird · Kestrel · Swallow · Swift · Collared Dove
+18 more speciesHide species list
All 23 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025Common Lizard · Grass Snake
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Gatekeeper · Small White · Ringlet
+52 more speciesHide species list
All 57 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Large White
Large White
Pieris brassicae2024
Pieris brassicae2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorumCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumSmall CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumSmall Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorumOrange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Grizzled SkipperPyrgus malvae2024Grizzled SkipperPyrgus malvae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2023Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2023Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorSmall BlueCupido minimus2024Small BlueCupido minimus2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2023White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2023Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorDotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Cinquefoil StriderMacrophya annulata2023Cinquefoil StriderMacrophya annulata2023Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumPurple HairstreakFavonius quercus2023Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2023Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2023Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2023EmpisEmpis2023EmpisEmpis2023Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2023Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2023Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2023Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2023SarcophagaSarcophaga2023SarcophagaSarcophaga2023Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2023Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2023Empis lividaEmpis livida2023Empis lividaEmpis livida2023Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2023White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2023Clouded YellowColias croceus2022Clouded YellowColias croceus2022Events & activities nearby
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