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St Mary's and Holy Cross Church
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.13551, -1.66554
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8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Spotted Flycatcher, Blue Tit, House Martin +60 more · last seen 2025
Mammals — Common Pipistrelle, Otter, Brown Long-eared Bat +11 more · last seen 2025
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Setaceous Hebrew Character, Heart & Dart, Large Yellow Underwing +186 more · last seen 2024
Dogs allowed with public access
Named hiking route nearby: Shakespeare's Way
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Stratford-IlmingtonCycling route▾
Named routeRef SILocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route5.3 km▾
Named routeRef 5Length 5.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route9.2 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 9.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route49 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
About this religious grounds
St Mary's and Holy Cross Church is a religious grounds.
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The Minster and Parish Church of Saint Mary and the Holy Cross, Alderminster
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The Minster and Parish Church of Saint Mary and the Holy Cross, Alderminster
Visiting this spring
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦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
- 🐦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
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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