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Getting here
51.10451, -2.32198
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Mallard
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Mallard
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
⛺Campsite🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Mallard, Mute Swan +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Robin, Mallard, Mute Swan +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Ringlet +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hart's-Tongue, Wild Strawberry, Herb-Robert +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site; Grade I listed building nearby: THE BRISTOL HIGH CROSS
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Leland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef LTRegional walking route
Mid Wilts WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWWRegional walking route
Stour Valley WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeRef SVWLength 100 kmRegional walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Route 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (proposed South West)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route282 m▾
Named routeRef 25Length 282 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 25Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
The Bristol High Cross (Edward IV)
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
11,844 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,844 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Great Crested Grebe · Mallard · Canada Goose · Tufted Duck · Mute Swan +28
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Mole
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- MoleTalpa europaea
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dock Bug · Eristalis tenax · Common Darter +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
🌿Plants22 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hart's-Tongue · Enchanter's-nightshade · Wild Strawberry · Snowberry · Herb-Robert +17
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- YewTaxus baccata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,844 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Great Crested Grebe · Mallard · Canada Goose · Tufted Duck · Mute Swan +28
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Mole
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- MoleTalpa europaea
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dock Bug · Eristalis tenax · Common Darter +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
🌿Plants22 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hart's-Tongue · Enchanter's-nightshade · Wild Strawberry · Snowberry · Herb-Robert +17
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- YewTaxus baccata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Southern Hawker
Southern Hawker
Aeshna cyanea
Aeshna cyanea
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidensSpiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidensSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusFigwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariaeFigwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariaeCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiDasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctusDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDowny EmeraldCordulia aeneaDowny EmeraldCordulia aeneaSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumCrescent-cup Liverwort
Crescent-cup Liverwort
Lunularia cruciata
Lunularia cruciata
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicumGreat Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicumBulrushTypha latifoliaBulrushTypha latifoliaHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaButcher's-broomRuscus aculeatusButcher's-broomRuscus aculeatusTormentilPotentilla erectaTormentilPotentilla erectaSkullcapScutellaria galericulataSkullcapScutellaria galericulataTutsanHypericum androsaemumTutsanHypericum androsaemumCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusSea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoidesSea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoidesFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaEvents & activities nearby
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