🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
✦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 Blue Tit and Great Tit
✦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
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking
Best for
8 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
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Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄
Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Common Orange Lichen, Netted Shield Lichen, Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina +55 more · last seen 2013
Varies
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
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Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Giant Hogweed, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Common Feather-moss +140 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lavenham to Long Melford Railway Walk, Lavenham GuildhallWalking route7.2 km▾
Dasy walk from Lavenham to Long Melford, through woods and open fields, following the route of the old Great Eastern Railway line. You can return to Lavenham by bus, or re-trace your steps if you are able. Can be muddy and waterlogged through SSSI.
Named routeLength 7.2 kmDuration 02:00Point-to-pointLocal walking route
St Edmund WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 142kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 05Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW05Local walking route
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Cycling
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
South Suffolk Cycle Route A1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef A1Regional cycle route
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Horse riding
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3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Blind Lanerestricted byway · 92 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 92 mPath type: service
