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Bury Castle

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Dogs welcome

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
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Pheasant, Chaffinch, Blue Tit +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Pheasant, Chaffinch, Blue Tit +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Cladonia coniocraea, Diploicia canescens, Lecania naegelii +68 more · last seen 2016; Fungi — Cladonia coniocraea, Diploicia canescens, Lecania naegelii +68 more · last seen 2016

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Hazel, Bramble, Germander Speedwell +203 more · last seen 2016; Plants — Hazel, Bramble, Germander Speedwell +203 more · last seen 2016

Free

Foraging

Plants — Hazel, Bramble, Blackthorn +25 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Large White +18 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Large White +18 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Two Counties WayWalking route90 km

A long distance walk of 56 miles (90km) from Taunton to Starcross on the Exe estuary.

Named routeRef TCWLength 90 kmRegional walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
Mary Michael Pilgrims WayWalking route
Named routeRef MMPWRegional walking route
Cullompton Honiton WalkWalking route
Named routeRef CHWRegional walking route
Bradninch Town TrailWalking route
Named routeRef BTTLocal walking route

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