Celtic field system on Chute Down
8 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.28281, -1.59345
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Whitethroat and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Whitethroat and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Whitethroat, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +36 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Whitethroat, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +36 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Brimstone, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Dock, Wood Avens, Dandelion +268 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Brenda Parker WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pewsey Vale Circular WalkWalking route▾
The Pewsey Vale Tourism Partnership has launched a new long-distance walking, cycling and riding route with the Vale of Pewsey at its heart.
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Test Valley Tour VMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Test Valley Tour VMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Chute Ridebridleway · 1.1 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.1 kmPath type: track
Chute Ridebridleway · 1.3 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.3 kmPath type: path
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,863 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,863 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWhitethroat · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Swallow · Blackcap +20
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Fallow Deer · Hedgehog
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Small White · Gatekeeper · Large White · Red Admiral · Silver-washed Fritillary +23
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019
- PeacockAglais io
Bush Vetch · American Willowherb · Sunflower · Woodruff · Common Gromwell +71
- Bush VetchVicia sepium2020
- American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2019
- SunflowerHelianthus annuus2022
- WoodruffGalium odoratum2021
- Common GromwellLithospermum officinale2021
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,863 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWhitethroat · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Swallow · Blackcap +20
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Fallow Deer · Hedgehog
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Small White · Gatekeeper · Large White · Red Admiral · Silver-washed Fritillary +23
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019
- PeacockAglais io
Bush Vetch · American Willowherb · Sunflower · Woodruff · Common Gromwell +71
- Bush VetchVicia sepium2020
- American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2019
- SunflowerHelianthus annuus2022
- WoodruffGalium odoratum2021
- Common GromwellLithospermum officinale2021
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2021Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2021Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2022Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2022Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2021Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2021Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2021Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2021Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2020Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2020Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2020Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2020Brown HairstreakThecla betulae2019Brown HairstreakThecla betulae2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris20192020
2020
Western Red-cedarThuja plicata2019Western Red-cedarThuja plicata2019Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2019Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2019Musk-mallowMalva moschata2019Musk-mallowMalva moschata2019PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2019Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2019Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2019Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2019Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2019Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2019Spiked SedgeCarex spicata2019Spiked SedgeCarex spicata2019Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2019Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2019Wood MilletMilium effusum2019Wood MilletMilium effusum2019TimothyPhleum pratense2019TimothyPhleum pratense2019Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019Remote SedgeCarex remota2019Remote SedgeCarex remota2019ToothwortLathraea squamariaToothwortLathraea squamariaMoschatelAdoxa moschatellinaMoschatelAdoxa moschatellinaFat-henChenopodium album2022Fat-henChenopodium album2022Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2022Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2022Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2021Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2021RowanSorbus aucuparia2021RowanSorbus aucuparia2021Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2021Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2021RamsonsAllium ursinum2021RamsonsAllium ursinum2021Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2021Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2021ColtsfootTussilago farfara2019ColtsfootTussilago farfara2019Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2019Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2019Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2019Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2019HeatherCalluna vulgaris2019HeatherCalluna vulgaris2019Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2019Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2019Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2019Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2019Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2019Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2019False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2019False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2019Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2019Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2019Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019White CloverTrifolium repens2019White CloverTrifolium repens2019Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2019Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2019Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2019Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2019Thin-spiked Wood-sedgeCarex strigosa2019Thin-spiked Wood-sedgeCarex strigosa2019FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2019FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2019Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2019Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2019Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2019Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2019Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2019Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2019HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2019HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2019Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2019Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2019Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2019Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2019IvyHedera helix2019IvyHedera helix2019Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2019Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2019Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2019Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2019Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2019Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2019Quaking-grassBriza media2019Quaking-grassBriza media2019Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2019Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2019SpindleEuonymus europaeus2019SpindleEuonymus europaeus2019Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019SquinancywortAsperula cynanchica2019SquinancywortAsperula cynanchica2019Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2019Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2019Hard RushJuncus inflexus2019Hard RushJuncus inflexus2019Common CouchElymus repens2019Common CouchElymus repens2019TormentilPotentilla erecta2019TormentilPotentilla erecta2019Musk ThistleCarduus nutans2019Musk ThistleCarduus nutans2019Wood VetchErvilia sylvatica2019Wood VetchErvilia sylvatica2019Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2019Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2019BetonyBetonica officinalis2019BetonyBetonica officinalis2019Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2019Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2019Field-roseRosa arvensis2019Field-roseRosa arvensis2019Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2019Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2019Goat WillowSalix caprea2019Goat WillowSalix caprea2019Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2019Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2019BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2019BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2019BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2019BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2019Dog-roseRosa canina2019Dog-roseRosa canina2019Red CloverTrifolium pratense2019Red CloverTrifolium pratense2019Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2019Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2019Events & activities nearby
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