Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
51.14564, -2.71451
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Coffee Zero — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Coffee Zero — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: GLASTONBURY ABBEY; Historic site
Free
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Darter, 22-spot Ladybird +38 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walton Heath TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Samaritans Way South WestWalking route166 km▾
Named routeLength 166 kmRegional walking route
Loxton's Marsh TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Reedbed TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ham Wall LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway Glastonbury LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Bittern TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
14,548 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,548 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Robin · Magpie · Wren · Great Tit +31
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RavenCorvus corax
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Woolly Apple Aphid
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Woolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerum
Common Club-rush · Rough Meadow-grass · White Willow · Black Medick · English Elm +87
- Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
- White WillowSalix alba
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- English ElmUlmus procera
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- RadishRaphanus raphanistrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,548 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Robin · Magpie · Wren · Great Tit +31
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RavenCorvus corax
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Woolly Apple Aphid
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Woolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerum
Common Club-rush · Rough Meadow-grass · White Willow · Black Medick · English Elm +87
- Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
- White WillowSalix alba
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- English ElmUlmus procera
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- RadishRaphanus raphanistrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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