Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
51.14410, -2.69997
Open directionsv
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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ 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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: ST MICHAELS CHURCH TOWER
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Red Admiral +101 more · last seen 2025; Acid grassland — heathland butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lateral Cryphaea, Forked Veilwort, Wall Screw-moss +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 25 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
Samaritans Way South WestWalking route166 km▾
Named routeLength 166 kmRegional walking route
Loxton's Marsh TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ham Wall LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
42 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
Photos
Glastonbury Tor: Path leading down
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
11,817 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,817 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +31
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RavenCorvus corax
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
22-spot Ladybird · Woolly Apple Aphid · 7-spot Ladybird
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Woolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Rough Meadow-grass · Smooth Sow-thistle · Selfheal · Black Medick · Radish +107
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- RadishRaphanus raphanistrum
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,817 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +31
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RavenCorvus corax
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
22-spot Ladybird · Woolly Apple Aphid · 7-spot Ladybird
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Woolly Apple AphidEriosoma lanigerum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Rough Meadow-grass · Smooth Sow-thistle · Selfheal · Black Medick · Radish +107
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- RadishRaphanus raphanistrum
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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