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Bishops Palace

📷 Philip Pankhurst · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

52.08902, -2.44539

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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

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Swift, House Sparrow +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Swift, House Sparrow +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Peacock +35 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Peacock +35 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Snowdrop, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Dilated Scalewort +7 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Snowdrop, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Dilated Scalewort +7 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km

Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route

Geopark WayWalking route175 km

Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Herefordshire)Cycling route

National Byway in Herefordshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

National Byway (Ledbury area)Cycling route

National Byway in the Ledbury area

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

National Byway (Ledbury Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,350 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,350 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

winterspring

2025

Great Tit · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Dunnock +38

Great TitParus major2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
SwiftApus apus2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
CuckooCuculus canorus2020
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
MagpiePica pica2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
RavenCorvus corax2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
Barn OwlTyto alba2019
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2018
RedwingTurdus iliacus2018
NuthatchSitta europaea2018
SwallowHirundo rustica2018
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018

🦌

Mammals12 species

summerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Mole +7

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
MoleTalpa europaea
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
OtterLutra lutra2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
PolecatMustela putorius2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2024

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2025

Small White · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Small Tortoiseshell · Comma +14

Small WhitePieris rapae2018
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018
CommaPolygonia c-album2018
Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2019
Common Mourning BeeMelecta albifrons2019
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2019
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2019
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018
HornetVespa crabro2018

🌿

Plants7 species

winterautumn

2025

Snowdrop · Dilated Scalewort · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Wood Bristle-moss +2

SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,350 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

winterspring

2025

Great Tit · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Dunnock +38

Great TitParus major2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
SwiftApus apus2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
CuckooCuculus canorus2020
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
MagpiePica pica2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
RavenCorvus corax2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
Barn OwlTyto alba2019
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2018
RedwingTurdus iliacus2018
NuthatchSitta europaea2018
SwallowHirundo rustica2018
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018

🦌

Mammals12 species

summerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Mole +7

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
MoleTalpa europaea
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
OtterLutra lutra2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
PolecatMustela putorius2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2024

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2025

Small White · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Small Tortoiseshell · Comma +14

Small WhitePieris rapae2018
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018
CommaPolygonia c-album2018
Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2019
Common Mourning BeeMelecta albifrons2019
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2019
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2019
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018
HornetVespa crabro2018

🌿

Plants7 species

winterautumn

2025

Snowdrop · Dilated Scalewort · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Wood Bristle-moss +2

SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Philip Pankhurst · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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