Bartlow Hills Roman barrow cemetery
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.07970, 0.31345
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Red-legged Partridge
- ✦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
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Red-legged Partridge
- ✦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 — Pheasant, Red-legged Partridge, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Muntjac, Fallow Deer, Brown Hare +19 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Brimstone, Humming-bird Hawk-moth +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hogweed, Bramble, Common Nettle +41 more · last seen 2023
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking 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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
8,081 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,081 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pheasant · Red-legged Partridge · Rook · Skylark · Carrion Crow +35
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
🦌Mammals9 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Badger · Rabbit · Brown Rat +4
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
- Red Fox
Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Black Clock · Dark Bush-cricket
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2023
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023
Common Nettle · White Dead-nettle · Herb-Robert · Beech · White Clover +13
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,081 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pheasant · Red-legged Partridge · Rook · Skylark · Carrion Crow +35
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
🦌Mammals9 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Badger · Rabbit · Brown Rat +4
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
- Red Fox
Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Black Clock · Dark Bush-cricket
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2023
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023
Common Nettle · White Dead-nettle · Herb-Robert · Beech · White Clover +13
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Vulpes vulpes
Vulpes vulpes
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025Brown HareLepus europaeus2024Brown HareLepus europaeus2024Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024Pedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusWhite CampionSilene latifoliaWhite CampionSilene latifoliaPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata