Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.94718, -1.95542
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Terrace Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Terrace Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Grade I listed building: SUDELEY CASTLE, CHURCH OF ST MARY
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Red Admiral +37 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 26 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Windrush WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.
Named routeRef WinLength 22 km
Warden's WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance route by the LDWA
Named routeRef WarLength 22 km
Isbourne WayWalking route▾
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
Photos
St Mary's church, Sudeley Castle - geograph.org.uk - 7879646
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
19,559 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,559 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Wren +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Willow Bean-galler · Lesser Stag Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird +2
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,559 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Wren +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Willow Bean-galler · Lesser Stag Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird +2
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas