Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Dogs welcome
Getting here
50.68036, -4.25015
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS; Historic site
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Hazel Dormouse, Brown Long-eared Bat, Wood Mouse +28 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Marbled Carpet, Red Admiral, Garden Carpet +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sessile Earth-moss, New Zealand Pigmyweed, Common Scurvygrass +56 more · last seen 2024
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Castles TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TCTRegional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 327Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 327National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route335 m▾
Named routeRef 327Length 335 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route976 m▾
Named routeRef 327Length 976 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km▾
Named routeRef 327Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route387 m▾
Named routeRef 327Length 387 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Old Wayside Cross - moved to Broadwoodwidger churchyard
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,388 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,388 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Great Tit +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- TealAnas crecca
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit · Wood Mouse · Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel +2
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
Cicadella viridis · Rutpela maculata · Leptura quadrifasciata · Greater Horntail Wasp
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024
- Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2023
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2023
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Himalayan Balsam · Cuckooflower
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,388 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Great Tit +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- TealAnas crecca
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit · Wood Mouse · Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel +2
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
Cicadella viridis · Rutpela maculata · Leptura quadrifasciata · Greater Horntail Wasp
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024
- Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2023
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2023
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Himalayan Balsam · Cuckooflower
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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