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Chest Tomb

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsHeritage
Public accessDogs welcome

Getting here

52.03935, -1.93224

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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
  • ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
  • 🛝Playground 156m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Playground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Jackdaw, Collared Dove, Blackbird +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Collared Dove, Blackbird +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Historic site with public access

Free

Playgrounds

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +25 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

playground

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Donnington WayWalking route100 km
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
Winchcombe Way (West)Walking route

The Winchcombe Way is a 42-mile figure-of-eight trail centred on Winchcombe

Named routeRef wiwRegional walking route
Wychavon Way (old)Walking route

A route from Holt Fleet on the River Severn to Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.

Named routeRef WyWo
Winchcombe Way (East)Walking route

The Winchcombe Way is a 42-mile figure-of-eight trail centred on Winchcombe

Named routeRef wiwRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
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Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route911 m
Named routeRef 41Length 911 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km
Named routeRef 41Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route212 m
Named routeRef 41Length 212 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths
Glebe Roadbridleway · 76 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 76 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

Photos

St Mary, Aston Somerville: churchyard (d)

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

St Mary, Aston Somerville: churchyard (d)

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Romano-British settlement remains 300m and 750m north east of Narrow Meadow FarmHistoric site3.6 km→🌱Woodlands Open SpaceUrban park4.5 km→✦TODDINGTON MANORHistoric site4.8 km→🌱St Richards Open SpaceUrban park4.8 km→🌱The GreenUrban park4.8 km→✦Moated site immediately south west of St Mary's ChurchHistoric site2.7 km→

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