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St Mary's Church

6 ha

📷 Dave Spicer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

Getting here

50.86942, -0.77834

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Spotted Woodpecker and Blue Tit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 274m away — 5 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Spotted Woodpecker and Blue Tit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 274m away — 5 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blue Tit, Robin +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blue Tit, Robin +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Butcher's-broom, White Dead-nettle, Lesser Celandine +229 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: West Sussex Literary Trail; Named hiking route nearby: West Sussex Literary Trail

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

New Lipchis WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: South Hayling to East Head: Avoidance of Itchenor FerryWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

The Selsey Tram WayWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route

Centurion WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

79 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 288Cycling route

Named routeRef 288National Cycle Network

Shopwhyke to Chichester Cycle Route (Via Westhampnett Road)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Chichester to Norton Cycle TrackCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle routeSurface asphalt

National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

Saltern's WayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Around Chichester Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

Marsh Lanebridleway · 1.4 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 1.4 kmSurface gravelPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

10,585 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,585 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants147 species

winter

2026

Common Mouse-ear · Spear Thistle · Traveller's-joy · Trailing Bellflower · Petty Spurge +142

Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicum
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
White StonecropSedum album
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Grey Field-speedwellVeronica polita
Wild OnionAllium vineale
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
DandelionTaraxacum
AshFraxinus excelsior
HazelCorylus avellana
White Dead-nettleLamium album
BalmMelissa officinalis
CleaversGalium aparine
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
HollyIlex aquifolium
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
NipplewortLapsana communis
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
Musk Stork's-billErodium moschatum
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
DaisyBellis perennis
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Wild CherryPrunus avium
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Fiddle DockRumex pulcher
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
White ComfreySymphytum orientale
White CloverTrifolium repens
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
ChicoryCichorium intybus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
London PlanePlatanus occidentalis x orientalis = P. x hispanica
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
IvyHedera helix
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
ElderSambucus nigra
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Field MapleAcer campestre
Mediterranean SpurgeEuphorbia characias
Italian AlderAlnus cordata
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Curled DockRumex crispus
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
BeechFagus sylvatica
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea
Eastern SowbreadCyclamen coum
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
YewTaxus baccata
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,585 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants147 species

winter

2026

Common Mouse-ear · Spear Thistle · Traveller's-joy · Trailing Bellflower · Petty Spurge +142

Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Arum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicum
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
White StonecropSedum album
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Grey Field-speedwellVeronica polita
Wild OnionAllium vineale
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
DandelionTaraxacum
AshFraxinus excelsior
HazelCorylus avellana
White Dead-nettleLamium album
BalmMelissa officinalis
CleaversGalium aparine
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
HollyIlex aquifolium
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
NipplewortLapsana communis
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
Musk Stork's-billErodium moschatum
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
DaisyBellis perennis
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Wild CherryPrunus avium
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Fiddle DockRumex pulcher
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
White ComfreySymphytum orientale
White CloverTrifolium repens
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
ChicoryCichorium intybus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
London PlanePlatanus occidentalis x orientalis = P. x hispanica
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
IvyHedera helix
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
ElderSambucus nigra
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Field MapleAcer campestre
Mediterranean SpurgeEuphorbia characias
Italian AlderAlnus cordata
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Curled DockRumex crispus
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
BeechFagus sylvatica
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
AubretiaAubrieta deltoidea
Eastern SowbreadCyclamen coum
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
YewTaxus baccata
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Dave Spicer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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