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Church of the Holy Rood

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Yorkshire-fog, Common Bent, Bulbous Buttercup +65 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Yorkshire-fog, Common Bent, Bulbous Buttercup +65 more · last seen 2023

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Wild Thyme, Bramble, Smooth Hawk's-beard +9 more foraging species

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Gatekeeper +13 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Gatekeeper +13 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Good match

Birds — House Martin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +1 more · last seen 2025; Birds — House Martin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wessex RidgewayWalking route

Named routeRef WRRegional walking route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route

Named routeListed length 207km

🐴

Horse riding

5 public paths nearby

Public paths

Lockett's Lanebridleway · 340 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 340 mPath type: service

Lockett's Lanebridleway · 38 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 38 mPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

4,252 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,252 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds4 species

summer

2025

House Martin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Swallow

House MartinDelichon urbicum
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummer

2025

Brown Hare · Red Fox

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Small White · Gatekeeper · Red Admiral · Large White +11

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2023
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023

🌿

Plants68 species

summer

2023

Yorkshire-fog · Common Bent · Bulbous Buttercup · Burnet-saxifrage · Quaking-grass +63

Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga
Quaking-grassBriza media
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
DaisyBellis perennis
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens
EyebrightEuphrasia
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba
Common NettleUrtica dioica
White CloverTrifolium repens
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis
Hairy VioletViola hirta
CowslipPrimula veris
GorseUlex europaeus
ElderSambucus nigra
Curled DockRumex crispus
TimothyPhleum pratense
Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Clustered BellflowerCampanula glomerata
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
HazelCorylus avellana
Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
DandelionTaraxacum
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea
SquinancywortAsperula cynanchica
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
AshFraxinus excelsior

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,252 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds4 species

summer

2025

House Martin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Swallow

House MartinDelichon urbicum
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummer

2025

Brown Hare · Red Fox

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Small White · Gatekeeper · Red Admiral · Large White +11

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2023
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023

🌿

Plants68 species

summer

2023

Yorkshire-fog · Common Bent · Bulbous Buttercup · Burnet-saxifrage · Quaking-grass +63

Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga
Quaking-grassBriza media
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
DaisyBellis perennis
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens
EyebrightEuphrasia
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba
Common NettleUrtica dioica
White CloverTrifolium repens
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis
Hairy VioletViola hirta
CowslipPrimula veris
GorseUlex europaeus
ElderSambucus nigra
Curled DockRumex crispus
TimothyPhleum pratense
Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Clustered BellflowerCampanula glomerata
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
HazelCorylus avellana
Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
DandelionTaraxacum
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea
SquinancywortAsperula cynanchica
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
AshFraxinus excelsior

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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