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Collyweston sundial

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📷 Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

52.61496, -0.53247

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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
  • 🍄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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
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Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Violet Bramble Rust, Protomyces macrosporus, Sycamore Tarspot +17 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Violet Bramble Rust, Protomyces macrosporus, Sycamore Tarspot +17 more · last seen 2025

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Insect spotting

Insects — Turnip Moth, Large Yellow Underwing, Willow Beauty +327 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Turnip Moth, Large Yellow Underwing, Willow Beauty +327 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Long-tailed Tit +37 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Long-tailed Tit +37 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Wood Melick, Pale Sedge, Mistletoe +113 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Wood Melick, Pale Sedge, Mistletoe +113 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Hawthorn, Crab Apple, Hazel +16 more foraging species

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Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Torpel WayWalking route
Named route
Hereward WayWalking route
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route

National Byway in Rutland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 63Cycling route
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Rutland Water CircuitCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Wakerly Woods Red RouteMountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

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Collyweston sundial

📷 Alan Murray-Rust · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Collyweston sundial

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

⛪St Andrews ChurchReligious grounds200 m→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds1.9 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds2.1 km→✦Roman villa east of Foster’s BridgeHistoric site2.8 km→🪦Green Burial GroundCemetery2 km→⛪The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsReligious grounds4.2 km→

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