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Hope Chapel

📷 nick macneill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Jackdaw +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Jackdaw +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bark Signal-moss, Common Pottia, Field Forklet-moss +276 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bark Signal-moss, Common Pottia, Field Forklet-moss +276 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Wild Strawberry, Pedunculate Oak, Ramsons +20 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Peacock, Red Admiral, Small White +30 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Peacock, Red Admiral, Small White +30 more · last seen 2023

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Vanguard WayWalking route111 km

Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route

WealdwayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

2,217 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,217 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

springsummer

2025

Pheasant · Blackbird · Blackcap · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Song Thrush +29

PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SwallowHirundo rustica
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Great TitParus major
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
NuthatchSitta europaea
SwiftApus apus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
House MartinDelichon urbicum

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🌿

Plants141 species

spring

2025

Field Bindweed · Sycamore · Germander Speedwell · Prickly Sow-thistle · Shining Crane's-bill +136

Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
RamsonsAllium ursinum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Grey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsa
DaisyBellis perennis
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
BeechFagus sylvatica
Curled DockRumex crispus
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Veronica hederifolia subsp. hederifoliaVeronica hederifolia subsp. hederifolia
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
LilacSyringa vulgaris
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Southern Wood-rushLuzula forsteri
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
BugleAjuga reptans
NipplewortLapsana communis
HazelCorylus avellana
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Wood MelickMelica uniflora
Field MapleAcer campestre
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
HollyIlex aquifolium
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Red CampionSilene dioica
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Druce's Crane's-billGeranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Ranunculus acris subsp. acrisRanunculus acris subsp. acris
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
White CloverTrifolium repens
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
ElderSambucus nigra
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
IvyHedera helix
PignutConopodium majus
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Remote SedgeCarex remota
AshFraxinus excelsior
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
CleaversGalium aparine
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
YewTaxus baccata
HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
FrogbitHydrocharis morsus-ranae2024
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,217 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

springsummer

2025

Pheasant · Blackbird · Blackcap · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Song Thrush +29

PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SwallowHirundo rustica
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Great TitParus major
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
NuthatchSitta europaea
SwiftApus apus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
House MartinDelichon urbicum

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🌿

Plants141 species

spring

2025

Field Bindweed · Sycamore · Germander Speedwell · Prickly Sow-thistle · Shining Crane's-bill +136

Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
RamsonsAllium ursinum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Grey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsa
DaisyBellis perennis
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
BeechFagus sylvatica
Curled DockRumex crispus
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Veronica hederifolia subsp. hederifoliaVeronica hederifolia subsp. hederifolia
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
LilacSyringa vulgaris
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Southern Wood-rushLuzula forsteri
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
BugleAjuga reptans
NipplewortLapsana communis
HazelCorylus avellana
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Wood MelickMelica uniflora
Field MapleAcer campestre
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
HollyIlex aquifolium
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Red CampionSilene dioica
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Druce's Crane's-billGeranium endressii x versicolor = G. x oxonianum
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Ranunculus acris subsp. acrisRanunculus acris subsp. acris
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
White CloverTrifolium repens
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
ElderSambucus nigra
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
IvyHedera helix
PignutConopodium majus
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Remote SedgeCarex remota
AshFraxinus excelsior
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
CleaversGalium aparine
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
YewTaxus baccata
HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
FrogbitHydrocharis morsus-ranae2024
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 nick macneill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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