Plan your visit
HeritageWildlife
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.22703, -2.80828
Best for
2 activitiesHeritage
Free76%Historic site
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
v4 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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vWalking
Samaritans Way South WestWalking route166 km▾
Named routeLength 166 kmRegional walking route
West Mendip WayWalking route48 km▾
Named routeRef WMWLength 48 kmRegional walking route
The Butcombe TrailWalking route74 km▾
Named routeRef BUTLength 74 kmRegional walking route
The Mendip TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef MTRegional walking route
Wedmore Moor Drovepublic footpath · 950 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 950 mSurface grassPath type: track
Combe Lanepublic footpath · 381 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 381 mPath type: track
🚴Cycling
v2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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vCycling
National Cycle Network Route 26 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
🐴Horse riding
v2 public paths nearby
Public paths
🐴
vHorse riding
Shortland Lanebridleway · 145 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 145 mPath type: service
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
☕
Café
Tea Garden · 132m
🅿️
Parking
2 nearby · 86m
🚻
Toilets
66m away
Free entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Manor house at MudgleyHistoric site2.3 km→✦Blackford Manor House MoatHistoric site2.6 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds200 m→✦Early Christian settlement and monastic site at Marchey FarmHistoric site4.6 km→⛪Holy Trinity ChurchReligious grounds2.8 km→✦Duck decoy east of Barrow Wood LaneHistoric site4.3 km→