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Deserted medieval village on A6003, Snelston

4 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Teal and Mallard
✦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

🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Teal and Mallard
✦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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Teal, Mallard, Coot +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Teal, Mallard, Coot +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Coral Spot, Common Orange Lichen, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. +2 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Coral Spot, Common Orange Lichen, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. +2 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Phytomyza chaerophylli, Common Darter · last seen 2025; Insects — Phytomyza chaerophylli, Common Darter · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Jurassic WayWalking route142 km

Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Rutland RoundWalking route105 km

Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route

National Byway in Rutland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

82,563 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

82,563 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2026

Teal · Smew · Red-legged Partridge · Mallard · Cormorant +56

TealAnas crecca
SmewMergellus albellus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common GullLarus canus
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
ScaupAythya marila2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Brown Hare · Muntjac

Brown HareLepus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

82,563 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

winter

2026

Teal · Smew · Red-legged Partridge · Mallard · Cormorant +56

TealAnas crecca
SmewMergellus albellus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common GullLarus canus
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
ScaupAythya marila2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Brown Hare · Muntjac

Brown HareLepus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Tim Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

On the Rutland Round heading towards the A6003

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✦Lyddington Bedehouse: a medieval bishop's palace and post-medieval almshouse with moat, gardens, fishponds and cultivation remainsHistoric site2.3 km→⛪The Church of St Peter and St PaulReligious grounds4.6 km→🌱Clarke's PieceUrban park3 km→✦Rockingham Castle, shrunken medieval village, moat and warrensHistoric site3.7 km→⛪St Andrew's ChurchReligious grounds2.2 km→⛪St Leonard's ChurchReligious grounds3.6 km→

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