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Beverston Castle

✦ Ancient woodland0 ha

📷 Michael Garlick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

51.64418, -2.20146

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Dunnock
🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Dunnock
🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Woodpigeon, Dunnock, Blackbird +70 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Ancient woodland

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Woodpigeon, Dunnock, Blackbird +70 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Heritage

Strong match

Free

Historic site with public access

Insect spotting

Strong match

Free

Insects — Hornet, Gatekeeper, Peacock +14 more · last seen 2021

Dog walks

Good match

Free

Dogs allowed with public access

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

Palladian WayWalking route190 km▾

The Old Goal, Buckingham to Pulteney Bridge, Bath

Named routeLength 190 kmRegional walking route

Beverstonpublic footpath · 70 m▾

Public pathpublic footpathLength 70 mPath type: residential

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Cycling

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9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mercian WayCycling route▾

Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network

National BywayCycling route▾

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Fosse2Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network

Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾

Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route33 m▾

Named routeRef 45Length 33 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.5 km▾

Named routeRef 48Length 3.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

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Horse riding

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2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Beverstonrestricted byway · 272 m▾

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 272 mPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

2,122 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

2,122 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds73 species

springsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit

+68 more species

All 73 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great TitParus major
RavenCorvus corax
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WhitethroatCurruca communis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JackdawColoeus monedula
SwiftApus apus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
RookCorvus frugilegus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MagpiePica pica
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Common GullLarus canus
Little OwlAthene noctua
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
QuailCoturnix coturnix
HobbyFalco subbuteo
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
MerlinFalco columbarius2022
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2021
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2021
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
LapwingVanellus vanellus2020

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Mammals10 species

springsummer

2025

Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac

+5 more species

All 10 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Hedgehog

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Insects17 species

summer

2021

Hornet · Gatekeeper · Peacock · Small White · Small Copper

+12 more species

All 17 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

HornetVespa crabro2020
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Dark-edged Bee-fly

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Plants1 species

winter

2020

Constricted Feather-moss

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,122 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds73 species

springsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit

+68 more species

All 73 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great TitParus major
RavenCorvus corax
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WhitethroatCurruca communis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JackdawColoeus monedula
SwiftApus apus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
RookCorvus frugilegus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MagpiePica pica
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Common GullLarus canus
Little OwlAthene noctua
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
QuailCoturnix coturnix
HobbyFalco subbuteo
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
MerlinFalco columbarius2022
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2021
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2021
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
LapwingVanellus vanellus2020

🦌

Mammals10 species

springsummer

2025

Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac

+5 more species

All 10 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Hedgehog

🐝

Insects17 species

summer

2021

Hornet · Gatekeeper · Peacock · Small White · Small Copper

+12 more species

All 17 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

HornetVespa crabro2020
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Dark-edged Bee-fly

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2020

Constricted Feather-moss

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

15 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Michael Garlick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Beverston Castle

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Photos

📷 Michael Garlick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Beverston Castle

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🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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