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Getting here
52.12460, 0.96983
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Small White +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Yellow Vetchling, Cuspidate Earth-moss, Crimson-tuber Thread-moss +81 more · last seen 2022
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Gipping Valley River PathWalking route▾
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 48Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route179 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 179 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route378 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 378 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Great Bricett: The Church of St. Mary and St. Lawrence: The west end of the nave
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Wildlife to spot
1,178 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,178 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Chiffchaff · Blue Tit +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit +1
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- BadgerMeles meles
Southern Hawker · Two-spotted Carpet Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Migrant Hawker +8
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021
- Two-spotted Carpet BeetleAttagenus pellio
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2023
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2021
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Giant Hogweed
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,178 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Chiffchaff · Blue Tit +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit +1
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- BadgerMeles meles
Southern Hawker · Two-spotted Carpet Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Migrant Hawker +8
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021
- Two-spotted Carpet BeetleAttagenus pellio
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2023
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2021
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Giant Hogweed
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
2021
2021
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021Hemerocallis Gall MidgeContarinia quinquenotata2021Hemerocallis Gall MidgeContarinia quinquenotata2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021