High Cross 60m north west of Highcross House 0 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍄 Fungi
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Free entry Dogs welcome 0 ha
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52.49404, -1.30544
Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
High cross Middle Ages scheduled monument
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 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here ⛺ Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here ⛺ Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Hobby, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wigeon, Hobby, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Bark Bonnet, Rosy Bonnet, Clouded Funnel +69 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Bark Bonnet, Rosy Bonnet, Clouded Funnel +69 more · last seen 2025
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Setaceous Hebrew Character, Large Yellow Underwing, Heart & Dart +173 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Setaceous Hebrew Character, Large Yellow Underwing, Heart & Dart +173 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Blackthorn, Elder, Ash +51 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Blackthorn, Elder, Ash +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Blackthorn, Elder, Common Nettle +13 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
ACW Circular Walk 13 Walking route ▾
Named route Ref C13 Listed length 12 km Local walking route
Show on map ACW Circular Walk 13A (short-cut for C13) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref C13A Local walking route
Show on map ACW Circular Walk 13C (an even shorter [4 mile total] short-cut route than route A, devised for use on the WWF 1-Jun-2006 event) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref C13C Local walking route
Show on map Bridleway V29 Walking route ▾
Named route Ref V29
Show on map Footpath U62 Walking route ▾
Named route Ref U62
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Coombe Country Park mountain bike route Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Round trip
Show on map Photos Old Toll House by the former A5, High Cross
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Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2022
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2022
Lunar Underwing Anchoscelis lunosa2022
Lunar Underwing Anchoscelis lunosa2022
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2024
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2024
Leopard Moth Zeuzera pyrina2024
Leopard Moth Zeuzera pyrina2024
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2023
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2023
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2023
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2023
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2023
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2023
Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana2022
Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana2022
Dusky Thorn Ennomos fuscantaria2022
Dusky Thorn Ennomos fuscantaria2022
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii2022
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii2022
Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla2022
Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla2022
Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa2022
Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa2022
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata2022
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata2022
Gold Triangle Hypsopygia costalis2022
Gold Triangle Hypsopygia costalis2022
Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum2022
Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum2022
Plain Elm Dot Stigmella viscerella2022
Plain Elm Dot Stigmella viscerella2022
Blue-shot Dot Stigmella plagicolella2022
Blue-shot Dot Stigmella plagicolella2022
Barred Fruit-tree Dot Ectoedemia atricollis2022
Barred Fruit-tree Dot Ectoedemia atricollis2022
Cherry Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter cerasicolella2022
Cherry Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter cerasicolella2022
Common Thorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae2022
Common Thorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae2022
Beautiful Elm Dot Stigmella lemniscella2022
Beautiful Elm Dot Stigmella lemniscella2022
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella2022
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella2022
Maple Dot Stigmella aceris2022
Maple Dot Stigmella aceris2022
Blackthorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter spinicolella2022
Blackthorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter spinicolella2022
Least Hawthorn Dot Stigmella perpygmaeella2022
Least Hawthorn Dot Stigmella perpygmaeella2022
Apple Leaf Miner Lyonetia clerkella2022
Apple Leaf Miner Lyonetia clerkella2022
Bramble Blotch-miner Coptotriche marginea2022
Bramble Blotch-miner Coptotriche marginea2022
Hawthorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter corylifoliella2022
Hawthorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter corylifoliella2022
Golden Dot Stigmella aurella2022
Golden Dot Stigmella aurella2022
Hawthorn Parornix Parornix anglicella2022
Hawthorn Parornix Parornix anglicella2022
Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes2022
Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes2022
Beaded Chestnut Agrochola lychnidis2022
Beaded Chestnut Agrochola lychnidis2022
Green-brindled Crescent Allophyes oxyacanthae2022
Green-brindled Crescent Allophyes oxyacanthae2022
Large Wainscot Rhizedra lutosa2022
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