Alpha Lima Armillary Sphere
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
51.18931, -1.03190
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Goldcrest +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Goldcrest +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +26 more · last seen 2021
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
St Swithun's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hangers WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ox Drove WayWalking route▾
St James' WayWalking route110 km▾
Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Odiham circular (Cycling Discoveries in and Around North Hampshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2: Odiham circularRegional cycle route
AltonCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 224Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 224National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route48 m▾
Named routeRef 224Length 48 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route177 m▾
Named routeRef 224Length 177 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Alton Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Cliddesden Duck Pond (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 2: Cliddesden Duck Pond
Ellisfield Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
The Ox Drove mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Abbotstone Down Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Junction of The Avenue and Back Lane
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Wildlife to spot
2,098 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,098 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodcock · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit +40
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- SwiftApus apus2020
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2017
🦌Mammals11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Badger · Muntjac · Common Pipistrelle · Indet. Deer +6
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
- BadgerMeles meles2020
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Indet. DeerCervidae2023
- Grey Squirrel
Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Large Skipper · Brimstone +20
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,098 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodcock · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit +40
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- SwiftApus apus2020
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2017
🦌Mammals11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Badger · Muntjac · Common Pipistrelle · Indet. Deer +6
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
- BadgerMeles meles2020
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Indet. DeerCervidae2023
- Grey Squirrel
Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Large Skipper · Brimstone +20
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sciurus carolinensis2023
Sciurus carolinensis2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020Fallow DeerDama dama2020Fallow DeerDama dama2020MoleTalpa europaea2019MoleTalpa europaea2019Sika DeerCervus nippon2018Sika DeerCervus nippon20182019
2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018CommaPolygonia c-album2018CommaPolygonia c-album2018Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2018Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2018Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinusCtenophora flaveolataCtenophora flaveolataCtenophora flaveolataCtenophora flaveolataSmall CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2018Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2018Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2018Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2018Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2018White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2018Purple EmperorApatura iris2017Purple EmperorApatura iris2017