Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.84607, -2.44501
Open directionsv
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 House Martin and Yellowhammer
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Martin and Yellowhammer
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Martin, Yellowhammer, Woodpigeon +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF THE HOLY ROOD; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — House Martin, Yellowhammer, Woodpigeon +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
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
Photos
Holy Rood, Buckland Newton: memorial (X)
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,252 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,252 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse 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
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 io
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
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,252 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse 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
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 io
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
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2023CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareWild ThymeThymus druceiWild ThymeThymus druceiYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneYellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescensYellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescensEyebrightEuphrasiaEyebrightEuphrasiaGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaHarebellCampanula rotundifoliaHarebellCampanula rotundifoliaHoary PlantainPlantago mediaHoary PlantainPlantago mediaSmall ScabiousScabiosa columbariaSmall ScabiousScabiosa columbariaCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusDwarf ThistleCirsium acauleDwarf ThistleCirsium acauleHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaRed FescueFestuca rubraRed FescueFestuca rubraRough HawkbitLeontodon hispidusRough HawkbitLeontodon hispidusLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumAgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoriaAgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoriaCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratensePedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburSmaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertoloniiSmaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertoloniiMeadow FescueSchedonorus pratensisMeadow FescueSchedonorus pratensisHairy VioletViola hirtaHairy VioletViola hirtaCowslipPrimula verisCowslipPrimula verisGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusTimothyPhleum pratenseTimothyPhleum pratenseCommon Rock-roseHelianthemum nummulariumCommon Rock-roseHelianthemum nummulariumBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaClustered BellflowerCampanula glomerataClustered BellflowerCampanula glomerataBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaCarline ThistleCarlina vulgarisCarline ThistleCarlina vulgarisGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensSpring-sedgeCarex caryophylleaSpring-sedgeCarex caryophylleaSquinancywortAsperula cynanchicaSquinancywortAsperula cynanchicaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorEvents & activities nearby
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