Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.57317, -2.21239
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Chiffchaff
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Angel — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Chiffchaff
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Angel — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Chiffchaff, Wren +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Chiffchaff, Wren +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Photos
Church of the Holy Cross, Sherston: memorial (iv)
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,502 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,502 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swift · Quail · Cuckoo · Hawfinch · Raven +1
- SwiftApus apus
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- RavenCorvus corax
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Slow-worm
Meadow Brown · Large White · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Small White +19
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- CommaPolygonia c-album
Field Wood-rush · Cock's-foot · Sweet Vernal-grass · Mouse-ear-hawkweed · Lady's Bedstraw +8
- Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Dappled HawkweedHieracium scotostictum
- Thyme-leaved Speedwell
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,502 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swift · Quail · Cuckoo · Hawfinch · Raven +1
- SwiftApus apus
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- RavenCorvus corax
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Slow-worm
Meadow Brown · Large White · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Small White +19
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- CommaPolygonia c-album
Field Wood-rush · Cock's-foot · Sweet Vernal-grass · Mouse-ear-hawkweed · Lady's Bedstraw +8
- Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Dappled HawkweedHieracium scotostictum
- Thyme-leaved Speedwell
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Veronica serpyllifolia
Veronica serpyllifolia
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisRusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterachRusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterachBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumCowslipPrimula verisCowslipPrimula verisGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2024Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2024