Anglo-Saxon settlement, and probable prehistoric ring ditches, west of Pirton village
3 ha
Plan your visit
✦Heritage🐶Dogs🥾Hiking
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.97252, -0.33734
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦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
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦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
Historic site with public access
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Icknield Way Path; Named hiking route nearby: Icknield Way Path
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Named cycling route nearby: Chilterns Cycleway
Varies
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Icknield Way Cycle Trail
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
The Chiltern Way Northern ExtensionWalking route▾
Long distance path
Named routeRef CWNRegional walking route
Etonbury Green WheelWalking route17 km▾
Named routeLength 17 kmRound tripLocal walking route
John Bunyan TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Three Closespublic footpath · 37 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 37 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Docklandspublic footpath · 79 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 79 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ride on the wild sideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chilterns Cycleway (road alternative)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Recreational Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Local circular? cycle route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Wood Lanebridleway · 769 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 769 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Photos
Junction on West Lane, Pirton
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Wildlife to spot
36,794 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,794 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Collared Dove · Jackdaw +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Red Fox
Scaeva pyrastri · Banded Demoiselle · Common Red Soldier Beetle · 24-spot Ladybird · Pinalitus cervinus +10
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Red-legged Shieldbug
Autumn Lady's-tresses · Dwarf Thistle · Stinking Hellebore · Dropwort · Moon Carrot +14
- Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis2025
- Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule2025
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
- DropwortFilipendula vulgaris2025
- Moon CarrotSeseli libanotis2025
- Ground-pineAjuga chamaepitys
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,794 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Collared Dove · Jackdaw +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Red Fox
Scaeva pyrastri · Banded Demoiselle · Common Red Soldier Beetle · 24-spot Ladybird · Pinalitus cervinus +10
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Red-legged Shieldbug
Autumn Lady's-tresses · Dwarf Thistle · Stinking Hellebore · Dropwort · Moon Carrot +14
- Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis2025
- Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule2025
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
- DropwortFilipendula vulgaris2025
- Moon CarrotSeseli libanotis2025
- Ground-pineAjuga chamaepitys
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pentatoma rufipes
Pentatoma rufipes
Southern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaBanded GeneralStratiomys potamidaBanded GeneralStratiomys potamidaOphonus ardosiacusOphonus ardosiacusOphonus ardosiacusOphonus ardosiacusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
2025
Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria2025Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria2025Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris2025Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris2025Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2025Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2025HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia2025SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia2025Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum2025Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum2025Clustered BellflowerCampanula glomerata2025Clustered BellflowerCampanula glomerata2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025