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All Saints Church

📷 John Lord · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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51.47938, -3.70584

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Sidewalk Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Sidewalk Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Best for

12 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Starling +97 more · last seen 2026

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Starling +97 more · last seen 2026

Picnic day out

Strong match

Free

café, toilets, car park

Family friendly

Strong match

Free

café, toilets

Insect spotting

Strong match

Free

Insects — Brown-banded Carder Bee, Eristalis tenax, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +16 more · last seen 2025

Hiking

Strong match

Free

Named hiking route nearby: Wales Coast Path (South Wales); Named hiking route nearby: Wales Coast Path (South Wales)

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route▾

Named routeRef WCPNational walking route

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Cycling

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2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 88Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network

NCN 88 (Proposed)Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 88National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

18,222 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

18,222 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds100 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Starling · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw

+95 more species

All 100 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great TitParus major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Leach's PetrelHydrobates leucorhous2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Sabine's GullXema sabini2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025

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Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Seal · Common Porpoise · Rabbit

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Insects19 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Brown-banded Carder Bee · Eristalis tenax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Glow-worm · Speckled Bush-cricket

+14 more species

All 19 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Brown-banded Carder BeeBombus humilis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima

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Plants1 species

spring

2025

Three-cornered Garlic

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

18,222 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds100 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Starling · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw

+95 more species

All 100 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great TitParus major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Leach's PetrelHydrobates leucorhous2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Sabine's GullXema sabini2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025

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Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Seal · Common Porpoise · Rabbit

🐝

Insects19 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Brown-banded Carder Bee · Eristalis tenax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Glow-worm · Speckled Bush-cricket

+14 more species

All 19 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Brown-banded Carder BeeBombus humilis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima

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Plants1 species

spring

2025

Three-cornered Garlic

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

15 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 John Lord · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

All Saints Church, Porthcawl

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Photos

📷 John Lord · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

All Saints Church, Porthcawl

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Facilities

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Café

Sidewalk Cafe · 133m

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Parking

John Street Short Stay · Paid · 99m

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Toilets

252m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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