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Locking Head Castle

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51.34342, -2.91485

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 269m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 269m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

6 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, House Sparrow, Rock Dove +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, House Sparrow, Rock Dove +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Ribautiana tenerrima +136 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Ribautiana tenerrima +136 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Hazel, Curled Dock · last seen 2024; Plants — Hazel, Curled Dock · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

The Butcombe TrailWalking route74 km

Named routeRef BUTLength 74 kmRegional walking route

The Mendip TrailWalking route

Named routeRef MTRegional walking route

Round Yatton WalkWalking route

Named routeRef RYWLocal walking route

West Mendip WayWalking route48 km

Named routeRef WMWLength 48 kmRegional walking route

Hutton Millenium WalkWalking route

Named routeRef HMWLocal walking route

Locking Head Drovepublic footpath · 123 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 123 mPath type: unclassified

🚴

Cycling

70 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 33Cycling route

Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network

Weston to NCN LinkCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Pier to Pier WayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Weston-super-Mare CycleCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route856 m

Named routeRef 33Length 856 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route117 m

Named routeRef 33Length 117 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

16,886 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,886 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds4 species

autumn

2025

Collared Dove · Kestrel · Teal · Starling

Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
TealAnas crecca
StarlingSturnus vulgaris

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects61 species

autumn

2026

Green Shieldbug · Ribautiana tenerrima · 7-spot Ladybird · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Scathophaga stercoraria +56

Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
Bird Cherry-oat AphidRhopalosiphum padi2025
EumerusEumerus2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Eristalinus sepulchralisEristalinus sepulchralis2025
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025
Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2025
Zygina flammigeraZygina flammigera2025
Tephrochlamys tarsalisTephrochlamys tarsalis2025
Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Polietes meridionalisPolietes meridionalis2025
Phaonia signataPhaonia signata2025
Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025
Palloptera ustulataPalloptera ustulata2025
Brevicoryne brassicaeBrevicoryne brassicae2025
Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Deer KedLipoptena cervi2025
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
Acletoxenus formosusAcletoxenus formosus2025
Crepidodera aureaCrepidodera aurea2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Helina evectaHelina evecta2025
Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea2025
Silba fumosaSilba fumosa2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
White Clover Seed WeevilProtapion fulvipes2025
Minettia longipennisMinettia longipennis2025
Aphis (Aphis) hederaeAphis (Aphis) hederae2025
Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025
Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,886 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds4 species

autumn

2025

Collared Dove · Kestrel · Teal · Starling

Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
TealAnas crecca
StarlingSturnus vulgaris

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects61 species

autumn

2026

Green Shieldbug · Ribautiana tenerrima · 7-spot Ladybird · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Scathophaga stercoraria +56

Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
Bird Cherry-oat AphidRhopalosiphum padi2025
EumerusEumerus2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Eristalinus sepulchralisEristalinus sepulchralis2025
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025
Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2025
Zygina flammigeraZygina flammigera2025
Tephrochlamys tarsalisTephrochlamys tarsalis2025
Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Polietes meridionalisPolietes meridionalis2025
Phaonia signataPhaonia signata2025
Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025
Palloptera ustulataPalloptera ustulata2025
Brevicoryne brassicaeBrevicoryne brassicae2025
Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Deer KedLipoptena cervi2025
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
Acletoxenus formosusAcletoxenus formosus2025
Crepidodera aureaCrepidodera aurea2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Helina evectaHelina evecta2025
Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea2025
Silba fumosaSilba fumosa2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
White Clover Seed WeevilProtapion fulvipes2025
Minettia longipennisMinettia longipennis2025
Aphis (Aphis) hederaeAphis (Aphis) hederae2025
Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025
Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 S · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Locking Head Farm from Locking Head Drove

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