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Getting here
51.22883, -2.67093
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Siskin +50 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Siskin +50 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Common Smoothcap, Wall Scalewort, Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss +10 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Samaritans Way South WestWalking route166 km▾
Named routeLength 166 kmRegional walking route
West Mendip WayWalking route48 km▾
Named routeRef WMWLength 48 kmRegional walking route
East Mendip WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EMWRegional walking route
The Butcombe TrailWalking route74 km▾
Named routeRef BUTLength 74 kmRegional walking route
48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 26 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Strawberry LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route231 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 231 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
26,968 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,968 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Siskin · Greenfinch · Robin +32
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Harvest Mouse
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
🐝Insects16 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Eristalis pertinax · Yellow Meadow Ant · Tortoise Bug · Cheilosia illustrata · Meliscaeva auricollis +11
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Common Ragwort · Timothy · Southern Polypody · Chamomile · Nettle-leaved Bellflower +29
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
- TimothyPhleum pratense2024
- Southern PolypodyPolypodium cambricum
- ChamomileChamaemelum nobile
- Nettle-leaved BellflowerCampanula trachelium
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,968 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Siskin · Greenfinch · Robin +32
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Harvest Mouse
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
🐝Insects16 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Eristalis pertinax · Yellow Meadow Ant · Tortoise Bug · Cheilosia illustrata · Meliscaeva auricollis +11
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Common Ragwort · Timothy · Southern Polypody · Chamomile · Nettle-leaved Bellflower +29
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
- TimothyPhleum pratense2024
- Southern PolypodyPolypodium cambricum
- ChamomileChamaemelum nobile
- Nettle-leaved BellflowerCampanula trachelium
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Yellow Iris
Yellow Iris
Iris pseudacorus
Iris pseudacorus
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaKohuhuPittosporum tenuifolium2024KohuhuPittosporum tenuifolium2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2024Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2024Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2024Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024Greater BurdockArctium lappa2024Greater BurdockArctium lappa2024SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024Hedera helixHedera helix2024Hedera helixHedera helix2024Rosa caninaRosa canina2024Rosa caninaRosa canina2024ElderSambucus nigra2024ElderSambucus nigra2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024