Motte castle 150m south of Jubilee Wood, Hartham Park
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🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.45029, -2.20599
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
8 activities🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lords-and-Ladies, Hazel, Meadow Crane's-bill +211 more · last seen 2026
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Birds — Mallard, Rock Dove · last seen 2025
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +10 more · last seen 2025
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Route 403Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 403National Cycle Network
Avon Wiltshire Cycle LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Wiltshire Cycleway, Pewsey ValeCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route893 m▾
Named routeRef 403Length 893 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route292 m▾
Named routeRef 403Length 292 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,225 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,225 records · NBN AtlasCommon Pipistrelle · Noctule · Eurasian Serotine · Daubenton's Bat · Pipistrelle
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025Common Toad
Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Rugged Oil-beetle
+8 more speciesHide species list
All 13 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Rugged Oil-beetleMeloe rugosus
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Lords-and-Ladies · Hazel · Meadow Crane's-bill · Field Bindweed · Maidenhair Spleenwort
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All 214 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Common Nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,225 records · NBN AtlasCommon Pipistrelle · Noctule · Eurasian Serotine · Daubenton's Bat · Pipistrelle
+1 more speciesHide species list
All 6 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025Common Toad
Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Rugged Oil-beetle
+8 more speciesHide species list
All 13 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Rugged Oil-beetleMeloe rugosus
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Lords-and-Ladies · Hazel · Meadow Crane's-bill · Field Bindweed · Maidenhair Spleenwort
+209 more speciesHide species list
All 214 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
- Common Nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Urtica dioica2025
Urtica dioica2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicumSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2025Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2025HawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaSpindleEuonymus europaeus2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Common CouchElymus repens2025Common CouchElymus repens2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Lesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025NipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisItalian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicumItalian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicumWood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumWhite Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Dog-roseRosa canina2025Dog-roseRosa canina2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Curled DockRumex crispus2025Curled DockRumex crispus2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2025Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2025Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla2025Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla2025Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025White BryonyBryonia dioica2025White BryonyBryonia dioica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2025Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Corn MarigoldGlebionis segetum2025Corn MarigoldGlebionis segetum2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2025Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025CowslipPrimula veris2025CowslipPrimula veris2025Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2025Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum2025Italian Rye-grassLolium multiflorum2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025BugleAjuga reptans2025BugleAjuga reptans2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2025Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2025Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2025Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens2025Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens2025Black HorehoundBallota nigra2025Black HorehoundBallota nigra2025ElmUlmus2025ElmUlmus2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2025Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2025Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2025Common VetchVicia sativa2025Common VetchVicia sativa2025Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus2025Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus2025Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella2025Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella2025SnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisStinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025Field PansyViola arvensis2025Field PansyViola arvensis2025Wild-oatAvena fatua2025Wild-oatAvena fatua2025Black BryonyTamus communis2025Black BryonyTamus communis2025Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2025Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2025Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2025Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Six-rowed BarleyHordeum vulgare2025Six-rowed BarleyHordeum vulgare2025CrepisCrepis2025CrepisCrepis2025Two-rowed BarleyHordeum distichon2025Two-rowed BarleyHordeum distichon2025Meadow BromeBromus racemosus subsp. commutatus2025Meadow BromeBromus racemosus subsp. commutatus2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025Sweet VioletViola odorata2025Sweet VioletViola odorata2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Common GromwellLithospermum officinale2025Common GromwellLithospermum officinale2025Bird's-Foot-TrefoilLotus2025Bird's-Foot-TrefoilLotus2025Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2025Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2025Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium2025Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium2025Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule2025Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule2025HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2025Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2025Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2025Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2025Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2025Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2025WheatTriticum2025WheatTriticum2025Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2025Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025White PoplarPopulus alba2025White PoplarPopulus alba2025Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum2025Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Common ChickweedStellaria media2025Corn CleaversGalium tricornutum2025Corn CleaversGalium tricornutum2025Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2025Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2025RapeBrassica napus2025RapeBrassica napus2025Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis2025Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis2025Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2025Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025SalsifyTragopogon porrifolius2025SalsifyTragopogon porrifolius2025Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2025Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2025Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2025Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2025Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum2025Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2025Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2025Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2025Rambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosus2025Rambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosus2025Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2024Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024Silver BirchBetula pendula2024Silver BirchBetula pendula2024Small Leaved ElmUlmus minor2024Small Leaved ElmUlmus minor2024Franchet's CotoneasterCotoneaster franchetii2024Franchet's CotoneasterCotoneaster franchetii2024Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024Somerset SkullcapScutellaria altissima2024Somerset SkullcapScutellaria altissima2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024Populus canescensPopulus canescens2024Populus canescensPopulus canescens2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024English ElmUlmus procera2024English ElmUlmus procera2024Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2024Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2024Downy OatAvenula pubescens2024Downy OatAvenula pubescens2024Bent GrassAgrostis2024Bent GrassAgrostis2024Hoary MulleinVerbascum pulverulentum2024Hoary MulleinVerbascum pulverulentum2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024Common ComfreySymphytum officinale2024Common ComfreySymphytum officinale2024Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2024Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2024Events & activities nearby
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