Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
51.10133, -2.72130
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +35 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: Admiral Hood Monument
Free
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +35 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Sphaerophoria, Corizus hyoscyami +16 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Poldon Waypublic footpath · 1.2 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.2 kmPath type: footway
27 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
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
On the Polden Way - view towards Hood Monument on Windmill Hill
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
70,012 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
70,012 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Bittern · Pintail +3
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Ocys
Velvetleaf · Fat-hen · Perennial Sow-thistle · Many-Seeded Goosefoot · Round-leaved Fluellen +30
- VelvetleafAbutilon theophrasti
- Fat-henChenopodium album
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
- Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
70,012 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Bittern · Pintail +3
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Ocys
Velvetleaf · Fat-hen · Perennial Sow-thistle · Many-Seeded Goosefoot · Round-leaved Fluellen +30
- VelvetleafAbutilon theophrasti
- Fat-henChenopodium album
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
- Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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