Maesbury Castle small multivallate hillfort
7 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.22239, -2.55984
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Goldfinch +62 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Goldfinch +62 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Small White, Orange-tip +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lateral Cryphaea, Capillary Thread-moss, Dilated Scalewort +91 more · last seen 2019
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 4 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
East Mendip WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EMWRegional walking route
The Butcombe TrailWalking route74 km▾
Named routeRef BUTLength 74 kmRegional walking route
The Mendip TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef MTRegional walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 26 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Strawberry LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route606 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 606 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Ramparts of Maesbury Castle
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Wildlife to spot
5,003 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,003 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Willow Warbler +1
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RavenCorvus corax
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Pendulous Sedge · Wayfaring-tree · Herb-Robert · Wild Strawberry · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +119
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,003 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Willow Warbler +1
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RavenCorvus corax
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Pendulous Sedge · Wayfaring-tree · Herb-Robert · Wild Strawberry · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +119
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas