Mangotsfield and Castle Green Church
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Places › England › South West › South Gloucestershire Getting here
51.48378, -2.48370
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🐕 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🐕 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🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🚻 Toilets
🦉 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 — Woodpigeon, Peregrine, Mallard +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Peregrine, Mallard +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Common Darter, Azure Damselfly +55 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Common Darter, Azure Damselfly +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
National Cycle Network traffic-free route nearby (NCN ?)
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Community Forest Path Walking route 72 km ▾
Named route Ref CFP Length 72 km Local walking route
Show on map Kennet and Avon Canal Trail Walking route 140 km ▾
Rivers linked by a canal. The name refers to the entire navigable length. From Bristol the way is the Avon. The canal is from Bath to Newbury. From there to Reading the way is the Kennet. 53 locks to Summit Pound (150 m asl) and 54 down to Reading.
Named route Ref K&A Length 140 km Regional walking route
Show on map Frome Valley Walkway Walking route 29 km ▾
Named route Ref FVW Length 29 km Local walking route
Show on map River Avon Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref RAT Regional walking route
Show on map 130 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Avon Wiltshire Cycle Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Filton Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Bristol & Bath Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref B&BRP Local cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Wesley Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Mangotsfield and Castle Green U.R. church
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Wildlife to spot
29,671 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 29,671 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Peregrine · Blue Tit · Robin · Dunnock · House Sparrow +28
Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Dunnock Prunella modularis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Magpie Pica pica Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldcrest Regulus regulus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Redwing Turdus iliacus Jay Garrulus glandarius Coal Tit Periparus ater Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Greenfinch Chloris chloris Swift Apus apus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis pertinax +36
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 29,671 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Peregrine · Blue Tit · Robin · Dunnock · House Sparrow +28
Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Dunnock Prunella modularis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Magpie Pica pica Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldcrest Regulus regulus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Redwing Turdus iliacus Jay Garrulus glandarius Coal Tit Periparus ater Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Greenfinch Chloris chloris Swift Apus apus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis pertinax +36
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Platycheirus Platycheirus
Platycheirus Platycheirus
Bibio lanigerus Bibio lanigerus
Bibio lanigerus Bibio lanigerus
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Cabbage Stem Weevil Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus
Cabbage Stem Weevil Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Leistus spinibarbis Leistus spinibarbis2025
Leistus spinibarbis Leistus spinibarbis2025
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus2025
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus2025
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Common Damselbug Nabis (Nabis) rugosus2025
Common Damselbug Nabis (Nabis) rugosus2025
Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus2025
Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2025
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025