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Italian Chapel

📷 Rab McMurdo · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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58.88989, -2.88963

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Tufted Duck +80 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Tufted Duck +80 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Meadow Vetchling, Sea Sandwort, Sea Mayweed +20 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Meadow Vetchling, Sea Sandwort, Sea Mayweed +20 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +2 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Hogweed, Frosted Orache, Dandelion

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

6,311 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,311 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Great Black-backed Gull · Tufted Duck · Mallard · Herring Gull · Mute Swan +61

Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WigeonMareca penelope
TealAnas crecca
Common GullLarus canus
RedshankTringa totanus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
EiderSomateria mollissima
GadwallMareca strepera
CootFulica atra
CurlewNumenius arquata
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GannetMorus bassanus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoosanderMergus merganser
ShagGulosus aristotelis
ScaupAythya marila
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
RazorbillAlca torda
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Common TernSterna hirundo
American WigeonMareca americana
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
PochardAythya ferina
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Common GuillemotUria aalge
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
JackdawColoeus monedula
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CuckooCuculus canorus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RavenCorvus corax
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Common Hawker

Common HawkerAeshna juncea

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Frosted Orache · Sea Sandwort

Frosted OracheAtriplex laciniata
Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,311 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Great Black-backed Gull · Tufted Duck · Mallard · Herring Gull · Mute Swan +61

Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WigeonMareca penelope
TealAnas crecca
Common GullLarus canus
RedshankTringa totanus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
EiderSomateria mollissima
GadwallMareca strepera
CootFulica atra
CurlewNumenius arquata
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GannetMorus bassanus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoosanderMergus merganser
ShagGulosus aristotelis
ScaupAythya marila
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
RazorbillAlca torda
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Common TernSterna hirundo
American WigeonMareca americana
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
PochardAythya ferina
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Common GuillemotUria aalge
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
JackdawColoeus monedula
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CuckooCuculus canorus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RavenCorvus corax
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Common Hawker

Common HawkerAeshna juncea

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Frosted Orache · Sea Sandwort

Frosted OracheAtriplex laciniata
Sea SandwortHonckenya peploides

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rab McMurdo · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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