Medieval cross 200m north west of St Mary's Church
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.92579, -2.30509
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Goldfinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Poets Corner — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Goldfinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Poets Corner — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Goldfinch, Great Tit +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Goldfinch, Great Tit +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — White-legged Damselfly, Southern Hawker, Banded Demoiselle +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Snowberry, Turnip, Bittersweet +2 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Stour Valley WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeRef SVWLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Coach Roadpublic footpath · 348 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 348 mPath type: footway
Ham Lanepublic footpath · 140 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 140 mPath type: track
Colber Bridgepublic footpath · 28 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 28 mPath type: footway
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
North Dorset TrailwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network 250Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 250National Cycle Network
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route47 m▾
Named routeRef 25Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 25Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
North Dorset Trailwaybridleway · 1.3 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.3 kmSurface gravelPath type: track
North Dorset Trailwaybridleway · 5 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 5 mSurface gravelPath type: track
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Market Cross, Sturminster Newton
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
41,187 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
41,187 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RavenCorvus corax
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025▾
White-legged Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Banded Demoiselle · Hornet · Emperor Dragonfly +13
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- HornetVespa crabro
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Snowberry · Turnip · Bittersweet · Bulbous Buttercup · Meadow Buttercup
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- TurnipBrassica rapa
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,187 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RavenCorvus corax
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025▾
White-legged Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Banded Demoiselle · Hornet · Emperor Dragonfly +13
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- HornetVespa crabro
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Snowberry · Turnip · Bittersweet · Bulbous Buttercup · Meadow Buttercup
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- TurnipBrassica rapa
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Glow-worm
Glow-worm
Lampyris noctiluca
Lampyris noctiluca
Rose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosaBloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosaEvents & activities nearby
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