Bowl barrow 140m south east of Broadwater Cottage
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.75865, -2.59543
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Golden Plover and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Golden Plover and Chaffinch
- ✦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 — Golden Plover, Chaffinch, Fieldfare +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Golden Plover, Chaffinch, Fieldfare +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Red Admiral +91 more · last seen 2019
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Cleavers, Common Nettle +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Frome Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Frome Valley Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Dorset trail
Named routeRef FVTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route388 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 388 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route463 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 463 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route38 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 38 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface rocky
Main RouteCycling route970 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 970 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
2,528 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,528 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGolden Plover · Lapwing · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Fieldfare +15
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Hedge Bedstraw · False Oat-grass · Cock's-foot · Bulbous Buttercup · White Clover +79
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
- Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,528 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGolden Plover · Lapwing · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Fieldfare +15
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Hedge Bedstraw · False Oat-grass · Cock's-foot · Bulbous Buttercup · White Clover +79
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
- Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas