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Battle of Cheriton

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.05769, -1.15002

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Goldfinch, Great Tit +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Goldfinch, Great Tit +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, Dock Bug, Xylota segnis +107 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, Dock Bug, Xylota segnis +107 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

12 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wayfarers WalkWalking route

Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire

Named routeRegional walking route

Allan King WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 44 milesRegional walking route

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Itchen WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

St Swithun's WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 23Cycling route

Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network

National BywayCycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

National Byway (Winchester loop)Cycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Route 224Cycling route

Named routeRef 224National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route8.1 km

Named routeRef 23Length 8.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route466 m

Named routeRef 23Length 466 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

South Downs WayMountain bike route

Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network

Winchester Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails

King Alfred's WayMountain bike route

King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.

Named routeRegional cycle route

The Ox Drove mountain bike routeMountain bike route

Named route

Cheesefoot Head Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

9 public paths nearby

Public paths

Bramdean Lanerestricted byway · 331 m

Significant tree roots (avoidable, 0.10). Occasional rocks throughout.

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 331 mSurface dirtIncline downPath type: track

Broad Lanerestricted byway · 619 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 619 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Broad Lanerestricted byway · 66 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 66 mSurface grassPath type: track

Broad Lanerestricted byway · 681 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 681 mPath type: track

Broad Lanerestricted byway · 74 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 74 mSurface compactedPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

6,352 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,352 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Robin · Dunnock +57

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
SwiftApus apus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
RavenCorvus corax2025
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Hazel Dormouse · Mole +2

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
MoleTalpa europaea2024
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summer

2023

Slow-worm · Common Lizard

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects110 species

summer

2025

Swollen-thighed Beetle · Dock Bug · Xylota segnis · Stictoleptura rubra · 7-spot Ladybird +105

Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
Stictoleptura rubraStictoleptura rubra2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
Stenurella melanuraStenurella melanura2023
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2023
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Leptura aurulentaLeptura aurulenta2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
Platystomos albinusPlatystomos albinus
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2024
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2024
HydroptilidaeHydroptilidae2023
Poecilium alniPoecilium alni2023
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023
Fan-bearing Wood-borerPtilinus pectinicornis2023
Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2023
Polymerus (Polymerus) nigritaPolymerus (Polymerus) nigrita2023
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2023
Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2023
Rhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosa2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Face FlyMusca autumnalis
EpistropheEpistrophe
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Cordylepherus viridisCordylepherus viridis
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
Athous bicolorAthous bicolor
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata
Drilus flavescensDrilus flavescens
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
Stictopleurus abutilonStictopleurus abutilon
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Perapion violaceumPerapion violaceum
Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2024
Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2024
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2024
Stenagostus rhombeusStenagostus rhombeus2024
Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2024
Ledra auritaLedra aurita2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Bradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasci2024
Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
MelanostomaMelanostoma2024
Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2024
Yellow-legged Black LegionnaireBeris morrisii2024
Suillia variegataSuillia variegata2024
Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2024
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2024
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Pine WeevilHylobius abietis2023
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2023
Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2023
Legnotus limbosusLegnotus limbosus2023
Small Yellow-legged RobberflyDioctria linearis2023
Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2023
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Ant BeetleThanasimus formicarius2023
Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2023
Capsus aterCapsus ater2023
Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2023
Phylus (Phylus) melanocephalusPhylus (Phylus) melanocephalus2023
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2023
Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2023
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2023
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023
Tree HopperCentrotus cornutus2023
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
Dicranocephalus mediusDicranocephalus medius2023
MelanotusMelanotus2023
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023
Uleiota planatusUleiota planatus2023
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2023
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2023
Gastrophysa polygoniGastrophysa polygoni2023
Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,352 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Robin · Dunnock +57

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
SwiftApus apus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
RavenCorvus corax2025
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Hazel Dormouse · Mole +2

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
MoleTalpa europaea2024
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summer

2023

Slow-worm · Common Lizard

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects110 species

summer

2025

Swollen-thighed Beetle · Dock Bug · Xylota segnis · Stictoleptura rubra · 7-spot Ladybird +105

Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
Stictoleptura rubraStictoleptura rubra2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
Stenurella melanuraStenurella melanura2023
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2023
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Leptura aurulentaLeptura aurulenta2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
Platystomos albinusPlatystomos albinus
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2024
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2024
HydroptilidaeHydroptilidae2023
Poecilium alniPoecilium alni2023
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023
Fan-bearing Wood-borerPtilinus pectinicornis2023
Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2023
Polymerus (Polymerus) nigritaPolymerus (Polymerus) nigrita2023
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2023
Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2023
Rhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosa2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Face FlyMusca autumnalis
EpistropheEpistrophe
Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Cordylepherus viridisCordylepherus viridis
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
Athous bicolorAthous bicolor
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata
Drilus flavescensDrilus flavescens
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
Stictopleurus abutilonStictopleurus abutilon
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Perapion violaceumPerapion violaceum
Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2024
Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2024
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2024
Stenagostus rhombeusStenagostus rhombeus2024
Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2024
Ledra auritaLedra aurita2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Bradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasci2024
Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
MelanostomaMelanostoma2024
Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2024
Yellow-legged Black LegionnaireBeris morrisii2024
Suillia variegataSuillia variegata2024
Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2024
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2024
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Pine WeevilHylobius abietis2023
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2023
Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2023
Legnotus limbosusLegnotus limbosus2023
Small Yellow-legged RobberflyDioctria linearis2023
Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2023
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Ant BeetleThanasimus formicarius2023
Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2023
Capsus aterCapsus ater2023
Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2023
Phylus (Phylus) melanocephalusPhylus (Phylus) melanocephalus2023
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2023
Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2023
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2023
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023
Tree HopperCentrotus cornutus2023
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
Dicranocephalus mediusDicranocephalus medius2023
MelanotusMelanotus2023
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023
Uleiota planatusUleiota planatus2023
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2023
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2023
Gastrophysa polygoniGastrophysa polygoni2023
Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Gunns · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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