Churchyard cross socket stone 1.6m south of St Andrew's Church tower
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Getting here
50.98561, -4.27442
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Swift
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Swift
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Swift, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Phlyctis argena, Lecanora jamesii, Leptogium cyanescens +42 more · last seen 2015
Varies
Birds — Blackbird, Swift, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Peacock, Small White +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Jacobaea, Hawthorn, Rowan +285 more · last seen 2016
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South West Coast Path (Section 7: Instow to Westward Ho! )Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 8: Westward Ho! to Clovelly)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
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Wildlife to spot
1,472 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,472 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2026▾
Swift · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Swallow · Blue Tit +41
- SwiftApus apus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Great TitParus major2018
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2018
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2018
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2018
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2018
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2018
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Harvest Mouse · Hedgehog · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle · Noctule
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2021
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2019
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2019
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2019▾
Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
Red Admiral · Peacock · Small White · Green-veined White · Broad-bodied Chaser +18
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2021
False-brome · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Wild Angelica · Montbretia · Common Orache +44
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora
- Common OracheAtriplex patula
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- Scaly Male-fern
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,472 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2026▾
Swift · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Swallow · Blue Tit +41
- SwiftApus apus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Great TitParus major2018
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2018
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2018
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2018
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2018
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2018
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Harvest Mouse · Hedgehog · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle · Noctule
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2021
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2019
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2019
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2019▾
Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
Red Admiral · Peacock · Small White · Green-veined White · Broad-bodied Chaser +18
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2021
False-brome · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Wild Angelica · Montbretia · Common Orache +44
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora
- Common OracheAtriplex patula
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- Scaly Male-fern
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dryopteris affinis
Dryopteris affinis
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceusSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusFool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorumFool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorumHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumHard-fernBlechnum spicantHard-fernBlechnum spicantWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisWild StrawberryFragaria vescaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaToad RushJuncus bufoniusToad RushJuncus bufoniusRowanSorbus aucupariaRowanSorbus aucupariaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumRapeBrassica napusRapeBrassica napusSmall Sweet-grassGlyceria declinataSmall Sweet-grassGlyceria declinataFat-henChenopodium albumFat-henChenopodium albumRed BartsiaOdontites vernusRed BartsiaOdontites vernusHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosumMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosumSlender Parsley-piertAphanes australisSlender Parsley-piertAphanes australisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisDog-roseRosa caninaDog-roseRosa caninaDowny BirchBetula pubescensDowny BirchBetula pubescensKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareAmerican WillowherbEpilobium ciliatumAmerican WillowherbEpilobium ciliatumField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusField-roseRosa arvensisField-roseRosa arvensisCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusRusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifoliaRusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifoliaMarsh RagwortJacobaea aquaticaMarsh RagwortJacobaea aquaticaTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaMeadow BromeBromus racemosus subsp. commutatusMeadow BromeBromus racemosus subsp. commutatusGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumHairy TareErvilia hirsutaHairy TareErvilia hirsuta