Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
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Getting here
51.14591, -2.71661
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Goldfinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Abbey Tea Rooms — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Goldfinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Abbey Tea Rooms — a good base for a longer summer day out
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Goldfinch, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: ABBOT'S KITCHEN, GLASTONBURY ABBEY; Historic site
Free
Birds — Robin, Goldfinch, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Darter, 22-spot Ladybird +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Lateral Cryphaea, Wall Scalewort, Great Scented Liverwort +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walton Heath TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Samaritans Way South WestWalking route166 km▾
Named routeLength 166 kmRegional walking route
Mini Marshes PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Loxton's Marsh TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Reedbed TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway Glastonbury LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Bittern TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Photos
Glastonbury Abbey: The Abbot's Kitchen
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
14,462 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,462 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Robin · Magpie · Goldfinch · Blue Tit +31
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RavenCorvus corax
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Woolly Apple Aphid
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Woolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerum
Common Club-rush · English Elm · Creeping Buttercup · Meadow Buttercup · Water-Starwort +88
- Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris
- English ElmUlmus procera
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- Water-StarwortCallitriche
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Common ComfreySymphytum officinale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,462 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Robin · Magpie · Goldfinch · Blue Tit +31
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RavenCorvus corax
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Woolly Apple Aphid
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Woolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerum
Common Club-rush · English Elm · Creeping Buttercup · Meadow Buttercup · Water-Starwort +88
- Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris
- English ElmUlmus procera
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- Water-StarwortCallitriche
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Common ComfreySymphytum officinale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas