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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.91981, -4.31000
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Wren +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Wren +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Painted Lady, Peacock, Small White +39 more · last seen 2019
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Forget-Me-Not, Wild Angelica, Marsh Ragwort +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route▾
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Named routeRef 47Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Named routeRef 47Length 1 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route15.7 km▾
Named routeRef 47Length 15.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
702 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
702 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Wren · Blackbird · Robin · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +39
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2011
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2010
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RavenCorvus corax
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2011
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2011
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2010
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2010
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2010
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2010
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2010
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2010
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2010
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2010
Weasel · Badger · Small Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- BadgerMeles meles2014
- Small MouseMuridae2014
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2014
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2014
Small White · Small Tortoiseshell · Painted Lady · Peacock · Map-winged Swift +37
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- PeacockAglais io
- Map-winged SwiftKorscheltellus fusconebulosa2018
- Peppered MothBiston betularia2018
- Poplar Hawk-moth
🌿Plants8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Forget-Me-Not · Marsh Ragwort · Wild Angelica · Germander Speedwell · Common Figwort +3
- Forget-Me-NotMyosotis
- Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
- Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2024
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
702 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Wren · Blackbird · Robin · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +39
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2011
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2010
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RavenCorvus corax
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2011
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2011
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2010
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2010
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2010
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2010
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2010
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2010
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2010
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2010
Weasel · Badger · Small Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- BadgerMeles meles2014
- Small MouseMuridae2014
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2014
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2014
Small White · Small Tortoiseshell · Painted Lady · Peacock · Map-winged Swift +37
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
- PeacockAglais io
- Map-winged SwiftKorscheltellus fusconebulosa2018
- Peppered MothBiston betularia2018
- Poplar Hawk-moth
🌿Plants8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Forget-Me-Not · Marsh Ragwort · Wild Angelica · Germander Speedwell · Common Figwort +3
- Forget-Me-NotMyosotis
- Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
- Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2024
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Laothoe populi2018
Laothoe populi2018
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolusHolly BlueCelastrina argiolusRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaSpeckled WoodPararge aegeriaSpeckled WoodPararge aegeriaSmall CopperLycaena phlaeasSmall CopperLycaena phlaeasLychnisHadena bicruris2018LychnisHadena bicruris2018Double DartGraphiphora augur2018Double DartGraphiphora augur2018Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2018Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2018FlameAxylia putris2018FlameAxylia putris2018Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2018Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2018Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula2018Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula2018Muslin MothDiaphora mendica2018Muslin MothDiaphora mendica2018Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2018Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2018Foxglove PugEupithecia pulchellata2018Foxglove PugEupithecia pulchellata2018Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2018Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2018Sharp-angled PeacockMacaria alternata2018Sharp-angled PeacockMacaria alternata2018Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2018Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2018Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2018Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2018Buff ArchesHabrosyne pyritoides2018Buff ArchesHabrosyne pyritoides2018Broom MothCeramica pisi2018Broom MothCeramica pisi2018Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2018Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2018Straw DotRivula sericealis2018Straw DotRivula sericealis2018Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2018Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2018Marbled White SpotProtodeltote pygarga2018Marbled White SpotProtodeltote pygarga2018Buff-tipPhalera bucephala2018Buff-tipPhalera bucephala2018Oblique CarpetOrthonama vittata2018Oblique CarpetOrthonama vittata2018True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea2018True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea2018White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2018White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2018Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2018Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2018Marbled MinorOligia strigilis2017Marbled MinorOligia strigilis2017July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2017July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2017RingletAphantopus hyperantus2012RingletAphantopus hyperantus2012Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2012Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2012Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2012Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2012Green-veined WhitePieris napi2012Green-veined WhitePieris napi2012Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2012Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii20122024
2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024RamsonsAllium ursinum2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017