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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.89842, -4.37289
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit 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
- 🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit 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 — Blue Tit, Robin, Carrion Crow +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Common Pipistrelle, Soprano Pipistrelle, Hedgehog +20 more · last seen 2022
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Azure Damselfly, Common Blue +71 more · last seen 2022
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum, Himalayan Balsam +113 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Parmotrema perlatum, Common Inkcap · last seen 2022
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Route WCPWalking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 47Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 47Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 47National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route22 m▾
Named routeRef 47Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route363 m▾
Named routeRef 47Length 363 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,803 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,803 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Wren · Robin · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +28
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2019
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2019
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2019
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Pipistrelle Bat species · Otter · Myotis Bat species +3
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2022
- OtterLutra lutra2021
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Lasioglossum · Tipula paludosa · Jaapiella veronicae · Common Spangle Gall · Southern Hawker +1
- LasioglossumLasioglossum
- Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa
- Jaapiella veronicaeJaapiella veronicae
- Common Spangle GallNeuroterus quercusbaccarum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
🍄Fungi2 species
springautumn
2022▾
Parmotrema perlatum · Common Inkcap
- Parmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatum
- Common InkcapCoprinopsis atramentaria2019
Montbretia · Hazel · Prickly Sow-thistle · Black Spleenwort · Yew +32
- MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2018
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- YewTaxus baccata
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Ribwort Plantain
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,803 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Wren · Robin · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +28
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2019
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2019
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2019
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Pipistrelle Bat species · Otter · Myotis Bat species +3
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2022
- OtterLutra lutra2021
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Lasioglossum · Tipula paludosa · Jaapiella veronicae · Common Spangle Gall · Southern Hawker +1
- LasioglossumLasioglossum
- Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa
- Jaapiella veronicaeJaapiella veronicae
- Common Spangle GallNeuroterus quercusbaccarum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
🍄Fungi2 species
springautumn
2022▾
Parmotrema perlatum · Common Inkcap
- Parmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatum
- Common InkcapCoprinopsis atramentaria2019
Montbretia · Hazel · Prickly Sow-thistle · Black Spleenwort · Yew +32
- MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2018
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- YewTaxus baccata
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Ribwort Plantain
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago lanceolata
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisScots PinePinus sylvestrisScots PinePinus sylvestrisCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaPurple SaxifrageSaxifraga oppositifoliaPurple SaxifrageSaxifraga oppositifoliaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgaris