Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
50.81822, -2.32477
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +58 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST ANDREW; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +58 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Small White +33 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,044 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,044 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie · Pheasant · Carrion Crow +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Badger · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small Skipper · Small Heath · Red Admiral +6
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,044 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie · Pheasant · Carrion Crow +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Badger · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small Skipper · Small Heath · Red Admiral +6
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
