Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
50.91828, -1.92532
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodlark and Raven
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Cranbourne Garden Centre Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodlark and Raven
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Cranbourne Garden Centre Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodlark, Raven, Hobby +82 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CRANBORNE MANOR HOUSE; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodlark, Raven, Hobby +82 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis tenax, Western Honey Bee +26 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Salisbury Streetpublic footpath · 36 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 36 mPath type: residential
Swan Streetpublic footpath · 37 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 37 mPath type: residential
Penny's Lanepublic footpath · 237 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 237 mSurface pavedPath type: residential
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Mill Lanebyway open to all traffic · 1.1 km▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.1 kmPath type: track
Photos
Cyclamen at Cranborne Manor
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
10,980 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,980 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodlark · Turtle Dove · Raven · Quail · Hobby +33
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- RavenCorvus corax
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Pygmy Shrew · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Slow-worm · Smooth Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Smooth SnakeCoronella austriaca2025
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Starved Wood-sedge · Meadow Fescue · Lateral Cryphaea · Pasqueflower · Carnation Sedge +13
- Starved Wood-sedgeCarex depauperata
- Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- PasqueflowerPulsatilla vulgaris
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Field Horsetail
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,980 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodlark · Turtle Dove · Raven · Quail · Hobby +33
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- RavenCorvus corax
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Pygmy Shrew · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Slow-worm · Smooth Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Smooth SnakeCoronella austriaca2025
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Starved Wood-sedge · Meadow Fescue · Lateral Cryphaea · Pasqueflower · Carnation Sedge +13
- Starved Wood-sedgeCarex depauperata
- Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- PasqueflowerPulsatilla vulgaris
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Field Horsetail
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Equisetum arvense
Equisetum arvense
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorusSharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorusPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperBrown SedgeCarex distichaBrown SedgeCarex distichaBlue Water-speedwellVeronica anagallis-aquaticaBlue Water-speedwellVeronica anagallis-aquaticaSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseEvents & activities nearby
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