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Brandon Castle

6 ha

📷 Michael Dibb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome6 ha

Getting here

52.37974, -1.40335

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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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕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 — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +71 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green Shieldbug, Hairy Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird +60 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green Shieldbug, Hairy Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Waterside walks

Good match

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

23 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Oxford Canal WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Centenary WayWalking route

Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route

A Coventry WayWalking route

Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route

Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km

From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury

Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route

ACW Circular Walk 07Walking route

Named routeRef C07Listed length 14.5 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cycle Coventry Route 3Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Cycle Coventry Sowe Valley RouteCycling route

Named routeRef SVLocal cycle route

[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km

Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)

Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ryton Pools Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Coombe Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Wildlife to spot

38,976 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

38,976 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

winter

2026

Blackbird · Jackdaw · Robin · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +48

BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CootFulica atra
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

38,976 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

winter

2026

Blackbird · Jackdaw · Robin · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +48

BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CootFulica atra
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Michael Dibb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦COMBE ABBEYHistoric site3.7 km→🌱Ryton Pools Country ParkUrban park4.9 km→🏞️RYTON POOLSCountry park4.9 km→🦉WILLENHALL WOODNature reserve3.7 km→🌱Coombe Country ParkUrban park3.7 km→🏞️COOMBE ABBEYCountry park3.8 km→

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