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Places › England › South West › Bath and North East Somerset Getting here
51.39769, -2.37416
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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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Robin +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Robin +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Hornet Hoverfly +122 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Hornet Hoverfly +122 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Pignut, Lady's Bedstraw, Hedgerow Crane's-bill +19 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Pignut, Lady's Bedstraw, Hedgerow Crane's-bill +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Bath Skyline Walk Walking route 9.6 km ▾
An elevated clockwise circular with panoramic views of the Bath landscape. The contrast of the city, so close to this rural haven, has earned the area World Heritage Site status. Roads, surfaced paths, steep hills, a rocky uneven section, steps & a stile.
Named route Ref BS Length 9.6 km Duration 03:30-04:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Limestone Link Walking route 58 km ▾
Named route Ref LL Length 58 km Regional walking route
Show on map Kennet and Avon Canal Trail Walking route 140 km ▾
Rivers linked by a canal. The name refers to the entire navigable length. From Bristol the way is the Avon. The canal is from Bath to Newbury. From there to Reading the way is the Kennet. 53 locks to Summit Pound (150 m asl) and 54 down to Reading.
Named route Ref K&A Length 140 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cotswold Way Walking route 164 km ▾
Named route Ref CW Length 164 km National walking route
Show on map 115 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bath Two Tunnels Circuit Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 24 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 24 National Cycle Network
Show on map Bristol & Bath Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref B&BRP Local cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Colliers Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
41,771 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 41,771 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Moorhen · Jay +28
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Frog Rana Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Hornet Hoverfly · Scathophaga stercoraria · Common Red Soldier Beetle +33
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Common Ragwort · Pale Galingale · Lady's Bedstraw · Hedgerow Crane's-bill · Great Willowherb +9
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris Pale Galingale Cyperus eragrostis Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum Hedgerow Crane's-bill Geranium pyrenaicum Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum Fool's Parsley Aethusa cynapium Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 41,771 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Moorhen · Jay +28
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Frog Rana Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Hornet Hoverfly · Scathophaga stercoraria · Common Red Soldier Beetle +33
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Common Ragwort · Pale Galingale · Lady's Bedstraw · Hedgerow Crane's-bill · Great Willowherb +9
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris Pale Galingale Cyperus eragrostis Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum Hedgerow Crane's-bill Geranium pyrenaicum Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum Fool's Parsley Aethusa cynapium Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Band-eyed Brown Horsefly Tabanus bromius2025
Band-eyed Brown Horsefly Tabanus bromius2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor
Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor
Leptoglossus Leptoglossus2025
Leptoglossus Leptoglossus2025
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus2025
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus2025
Spiked Shieldbug Picromerus bidens2025
Spiked Shieldbug Picromerus bidens2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Rugged Oil-beetle Meloe rugosus2025
Rugged Oil-beetle Meloe rugosus2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Geotrupes spiniger Geotrupes spiniger2025
Geotrupes spiniger Geotrupes spiniger2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025
Sacchiphantes abietis Sacchiphantes abietis2025
Sacchiphantes abietis Sacchiphantes abietis2025
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2025
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2025
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci2025
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci2025
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis2025
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis2025
Harmonia axyridis form succinea Harmonia axyridis form succinea2025
Harmonia axyridis form succinea Harmonia axyridis form succinea2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Nettle-leaved Bellflower Campanula trachelium
Nettle-leaved Bellflower Campanula trachelium
Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa
Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa
Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum
Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum
Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa
Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa
Deadly Nightshade Atropa belladonna
Deadly Nightshade Atropa belladonna
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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