Plan your visit
✦Heritage🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.95598, -3.04727
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐝28+ species of insects recorded here — summer is peak season; Meadow Brown and Gatekeeper are among those observed
- ✦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
- 🐝28+ species of insects recorded here — summer is peak season; Meadow Brown and Gatekeeper are among those observed
- ✦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
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Ringlet +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Hazel Dormouse, Eurasian Serotine, Common Pipistrelle +2 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Goldfinch, Wren, Tawny Owl +2 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Channel to ChannelWalking route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional walking route
Herepath Trail - Castle NerocheWalking route▾
Named routeRef HTnLocal walking route
Herepath Trail - ThurlbearWalking route▾
Named routeRef HTbLocal walking route
Staple Fitzpaine HerepathWalking route▾
Named routeRef SFHLocal walking route
East Deane WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EDWRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network
Alternative RouteCycling route15.6 km▾
Named routeRef 33Length 15.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Entrance to field near Staple Fitzpaine
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
19,814 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,814 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Small White · Large White · Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Comma +8
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- CommaPolygonia c-album2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Hemp-agrimony · Wild Madder · Black Bryony · Common Knapweed · Stinking Iris +94
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
- Wild MadderRubia peregrina
- Black BryonyTamus communis
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,814 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Small White · Large White · Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Comma +8
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- CommaPolygonia c-album2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Hemp-agrimony · Wild Madder · Black Bryony · Common Knapweed · Stinking Iris +94
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
- Wild MadderRubia peregrina
- Black BryonyTamus communis
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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