Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.73906, -2.64205
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦18+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Golden Plover and Hobby
- ✦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
- 🐦18+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Golden Plover and Hobby
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Golden Plover, Hobby, Peregrine +15 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Golden Plover, Hobby, Peregrine +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cock's-foot, Creeping Buttercup, Bramble +97 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Frome Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Cogden Circular, Hive BeachWalking route3.5 km▾
Named routeLength 3.5 kmDuration 1:00Round tripLocal walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Frome Valley Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Dorset trail
Named routeRef FVTLocal cycle route
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route977 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 977 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Soil slippage on the steep sides of Coombe Bottom
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,618 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,618 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds18 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Golden Plover · Hobby · Peregrine · Barn Owl · Firecrest +13
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Cock's-foot · Creeping Buttercup · Bramble · Ribwort Plantain · Dandelion +95
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,618 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds18 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Golden Plover · Hobby · Peregrine · Barn Owl · Firecrest +13
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Cock's-foot · Creeping Buttercup · Bramble · Ribwort Plantain · Dandelion +95
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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