Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.07258, -1.96002
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦32+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Kestrel
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦32+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Kestrel
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Kestrel, Robin +29 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Tawny Owl, Kestrel, Robin +29 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral +82 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Pignut, Common Comfrey, Ground-ivy +199 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Old Sarum WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Route 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route943 m▾
Named routeRef 24Length 943 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Compton Park House - Compton Chamberlayne
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,363 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,363 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Robin · Blackbird · Jay · Blue Tit +7
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Barn owlsTytonidae
Brown Hare · Mole · Pipistrelle
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Meadow Brown · Large White · Red Admiral · Small White · Gatekeeper +15
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Hart's-Tongue · Pignut · Black Bryony · Wood Anemone · Moschatel +1
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- PignutConopodium majus
- Black BryonyTamus communis
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,363 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Robin · Blackbird · Jay · Blue Tit +7
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Barn owlsTytonidae
Brown Hare · Mole · Pipistrelle
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Meadow Brown · Large White · Red Admiral · Small White · Gatekeeper +15
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Hart's-Tongue · Pignut · Black Bryony · Wood Anemone · Moschatel +1
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- PignutConopodium majus
- Black BryonyTamus communis
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
PeacockAglais io2023PeacockAglais io2023RingletAphantopus hyperantusRingletAphantopus hyperantusSmall CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2023Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2023CinnabarTyria jacobaeaeCinnabarTyria jacobaeaeHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succineaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis2023Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis2023Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2022Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2022Events & activities nearby
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