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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.79021, 0.79268
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ✦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
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Rook +74 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Rook +74 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Agrimony, Common Knapweed, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: Maldon to SalcottWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Honeypot Lanepublic footpath · 767 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 767 mPath type: service
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route5.6 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 5.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route639 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 639 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route212 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 212 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
7,237 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,237 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Rook · Jackdaw · Collared Dove · Starling +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Rose Chafer · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Dock Bug · Pine Ladybird +1
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Green-winged Orchid · Common Knapweed · Selfheal · Adder's-tongue · Agrimony +10
- Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio2025
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
- Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum2024
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024
- ThistleCirsium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,237 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Rook · Jackdaw · Collared Dove · Starling +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Rose Chafer · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Dock Bug · Pine Ladybird +1
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Green-winged Orchid · Common Knapweed · Selfheal · Adder's-tongue · Agrimony +10
- Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio2025
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
- Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum2024
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024
- ThistleCirsium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia2024Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaPignutConopodium majus2024PignutConopodium majus2024Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2024Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024