Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.03154, -0.74090
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Woodpigeon
- ✦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🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Starling, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2025
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST. PETER; Religious grounds — local heritage
Birds — Starling, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2025
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Lepidostoma hirtum, Athripsodes cinereus +41 more · last seen 2020
Dogs allowed with public access
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Swallow Drivepublic footpath · 34 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 34 mPath type: residential
Swallow Drivepublic footpath · 148 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 148 mPath type: residential
Wel Fen Lanepublic footpath · 259 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 259 mPath type: track
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Grantham Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Nottinghamshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Nottinghamshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route99 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 99 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route219 m▾
Named routeLength 219 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Interior, St Peter's church, Claypole
Photos
Interior, St Peter's church, Claypole
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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