Clare Priory (uninhabited portions)
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.07538, 0.58136
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Platform One Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Platform One Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHAPEL TO CLARE PRIORY; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 53 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
London to Walsingham - stage 04Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW04Local walking route
Wool Towns WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 km
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 05Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW05Local walking route
Stour Valley Pathpublic footpath · 15 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 15 mPath type: track
Stour Valley Pathpublic footpath · 9 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 9 mPath type: path
Stour Valley Pathpublic footpath · 17 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 17 mPath type: track
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Long Lanebyway open to all traffic · 1.4 km▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.4 kmSurface dirtPath type: track
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,989 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,989 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Nuthatch · Moorhen · Jackdaw · Wren +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GadwallMareca strepera
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Badger · Muntjac · Red Fox · Roe Deer
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Harlequin Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle · Hairy Dragonfly · Cream-spot Ladybird · Sphaerophoria +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2024
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024
🌿Plants29 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Alexanders · Knotted Hedge-parsley · Lords-and-Ladies · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Ivy +24
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa2025
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- IvyHedera helix
- Mare's-tail
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,989 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Nuthatch · Moorhen · Jackdaw · Wren +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GadwallMareca strepera
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Badger · Muntjac · Red Fox · Roe Deer
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Harlequin Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle · Hairy Dragonfly · Cream-spot Ladybird · Sphaerophoria +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2024
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024
🌿Plants29 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Alexanders · Knotted Hedge-parsley · Lords-and-Ladies · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Ivy +24
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa2025
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- IvyHedera helix
- Mare's-tail
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cheilosia soror
Cheilosia soror
Cheilosia soror2024
Cheilosia soror2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Hippuris vulgaris2025
Hippuris vulgaris2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumLaurustinusViburnum tinusLaurustinusViburnum tinusCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaHyacinthHyacinthus orientalisHyacinthHyacinthus orientalisGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaAbraham-Isaac-JacobTrachystemon orientalisAbraham-Isaac-JacobTrachystemon orientalisLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025LilacSyringa vulgaris2025LilacSyringa vulgaris2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2025Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2025Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum2025Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus2025Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024![Clare Priory [6]](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/75/75/6757546_4f043923.jpg)