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Fryerns Baptist Church

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 134m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 134m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +51 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +31 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +31 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Thames Estuary PathWalking route46.6 km

Named routeLength 46.6 kmNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Sovereign Parkpublic footpath · 43 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 43 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

🚴

Cycling

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

National Cycle Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route123 m

Named routeRef 13Length 123 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route181 m

Named routeRef 13Length 181 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route934 m

Named routeRef 16Length 934 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

5,274 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,274 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin · Blue Tit +51

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
TealAnas crecca2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Muntjac +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
House MouseMus musculus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024

🦎

Reptiles3 species

spring

2025

Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Common LizardZootoca vivipara2024

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2025

Great Crested Newt · Marsh Frog · Smooth Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus2024
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2024

Gudgeon

GudgeonGobio gobio

🐝

Insects34 species

springsummer

2025

Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Tree Bumblebee · Common Darter +29

Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2023
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
St Marks FlyBibio marci
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2024
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2023
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,274 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin · Blue Tit +51

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
TealAnas crecca2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Muntjac +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
House MouseMus musculus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024

🦎

Reptiles3 species

spring

2025

Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Common LizardZootoca vivipara2024

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2025

Great Crested Newt · Marsh Frog · Smooth Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus2024
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2024

Gudgeon

GudgeonGobio gobio

🐝

Insects34 species

springsummer

2025

Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Tree Bumblebee · Common Darter +29

Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2023
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
St Marks FlyBibio marci
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2024
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2023
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Paul Francis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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