Market cross in Market Square
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.92994, -1.72256
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕The Old Bakery Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕The Old Bakery Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade I listed building nearby: PARISH CHURCH OF ST EDWARD
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Large White +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Fleece Alleypublic footpath · 52 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 52 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Talbot Squarepublic footpath · 89 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 89 mPath type: residential
Church Walkpublic footpath · 98 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 98 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route84 m▾
Named routeRef 442Length 84 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface grass
Main RouteCycling route225 m▾
Named routeRef 442Length 225 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route437 m▾
Named routeRef 442Length 437 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Market cross in Market Square, Stow-on-the-Wold
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Wildlife to spot
3,150 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,150 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Common Pipistrelle · Noctule
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Red-legged Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax · Aphrophora alni +4
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2024
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,150 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Common Pipistrelle · Noctule
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Red-legged Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax · Aphrophora alni +4
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2024
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2024Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024