Church of St Mildred with St Mary De Castro
🦉Wildlife🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.27644, 1.07382
Open directionsv
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Stour Press — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Stour Press — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Robin +25 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Robin +25 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Black TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
Coopers Lanepublic footpath · 71 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 71 mSurface compactedPath type: footway
Biggleswade Passagepublic footpath · 154 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 154 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
209 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 183Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 183National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Great Stour WayCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
17,749 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,749 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Robin · Kingfisher · Blackbird +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
🦌Mammals10 species
winterspring
2026▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Rat · Badger +5
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Beaver
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Box Bug · Batman Hoverfly · Scathophaga stercoraria · Eristalis pertinax +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Harlequin Ladybird
Capillary Thread-moss
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,749 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Robin · Kingfisher · Blackbird +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
🦌Mammals10 species
winterspring
2026▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Rat · Badger +5
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Beaver
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Box Bug · Batman Hoverfly · Scathophaga stercoraria · Eristalis pertinax +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Harlequin Ladybird
Capillary Thread-moss
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Castor fiber
Castor fiber
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticusWood MouseApodemus sylvaticusField VoleMicrotus agrestisField VoleMicrotus agrestisHedgehogErinaceus europaeusHedgehogErinaceus europaeusHarmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Events & activities nearby
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